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♂ Donald Andrew Ross
aliasDonald Andrew Ross
Record
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Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 56%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Manitoba 5 3 8
Total 5 4 9
Birth 10 April 1856 → 168 years ago
Lived 81 years + 9 months
First mandate 7 March 1907 → 117 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 50 years + 10 months
Death 23 January 1938 → 86 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 6 months after 27 June 1927
Special notes
None
 
Donald Andrew Ross (1856–1938)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Winnipeg, Manitoba
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 18 2 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 9  
8 documented challengers
⊖ Edgar D.R. Bissett  m 
⊖ William H. Corbett  m 
⊖ Thomas Hay  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Thomas H. Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Hugh Connolly  m 
⊖ Charles P. Fullerton  m 
⊖ Robert A. Hoey  m 
⊖ Matthew J. Stanbridge  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 962 Votes: 791 Participation: 82.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36878(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
47
IND
 3/3 193 24.40% -160 Winner:
CONS
 353 44.63% William H. Corbett
Eligible: 1,254 Votes: 899 Participation: 71.69% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36923(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 540 60.07% +181 Loser:
CONS
 359 39.93% John Little

Service: 3 years 4 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,943 Votes: 1,468 Participation: 75.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36972(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
LIB
 1/2 807 54.97% +146 Loser:
CONS
 661 45.03% Charles P. Fullerton

Service: 3 years 11 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,479 Votes: 1,912 Participation: 77.13% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37032(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,025 53.61% +138 Loser:
CONS
 887 46.39% Thomas Hay

Service: 1 year 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,553 Votes: 1,503 Participation: 58.87% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
15		 Manitoba
6 August 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 37074(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 1,014 67.47% +525 Loser:
CONS
 489 32.53% Thomas Hay

Service: 4 years 10 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,399 Votes: 2,302 Participation: 52.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Manitoba
29 June 1920
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 37177(F) — 12 Sep 2022 18:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
64
LIB
 2/3 850 36.92% -127 Winner:
DLP
 977 42.44% Matthew J. Stanbridge
Eligible: 5,149 Votes: 2,516 Participation: 48.86% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37226(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
66
IND
 1/4 1,245 49.48% +713 Loser:
PROG
 532 21.14% Hugh Connolly

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,172 Votes: 4,022 Participation: 65.17% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37324(F) — 20 Mar 2022 17:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
71
IND
 3/3 440 10.94% -1,706 Winner:
PROG
 2,146 53.36% Robert A. Hoey
Eligible: 16,614 Votes: 10,987 Participation: 66.13% Candidacies: 5
Federal
17		 Manitoba
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22356(F) — 31 Aug 2022 23:18 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
74
ILIB
 4/5 511 4.65% -4,935 Winner:
LC
 5,446 49.57% Thomas Hay

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Ross, Donald Andrew		 02 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Ross, Donald Andrew		 02 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Donald Andrew Ross (1856-1938)		 02 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Donald A. Ross		 02 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Apr 2024 21:15 (but data presented dynamically)

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