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♂ William Ross
aliasWilliam Ross
Record
53903 · 12384

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 14 July 1854 → 169 years + 9 months ago
Lived 82 years + 6 months
First mandate 7 November 1900 → 123 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 3 months
Death 22 January 1937 → 87 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 2 months after 2 November 1904
Special notes
None
 
William Ross (1854–1937) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 11 25

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Peter Christie  m 
 		 ⊖ William Smith  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,846 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20380(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,970 51.22% +94 Loser:
CONS
 1,876 48.78% William Smith

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,207 Votes: 5,031 Participation: 81.05% Candidacies: 2
Federal
10		 Ontario
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20629(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/2 2,439 48.95% -105 Winner:
CONS
 2,544 51.05% Peter Christie

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Ross, M.P.		 25 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Ross, député		 25 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Ross (Ontario politician)		 25 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Nov 2023 13:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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