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♂ Joseph Donovan Ross
aliasDonovan Ross
Record
53834 · 3168

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
Alberta 5 1 6
Total 5 2 7
Birth 13 March 1911 → 113 years + 1 month ago
Lived 73 years + 2 months
First mandate 5 August 1952 → 71 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 4 months
Death 22 May 1984 → 39 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 8 months after 29 August 1971
Special notes
None
 
J. Donovan Ross (1911–1984)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Valerie Meredith (1949–) Daughter  
⊖ Joseph Whitehead (1814–1894) Great-grandfather  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 19 0 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
17 documented challengers
⊖ Gerard J.T. van Amerongen  m 
⊖ Cora T. Casselman  f 
⊖ Edgar H. Gerhart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Ambrose A. Holowach  m 
⊕ Julian G.J. Koziak  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ J. Percy Page  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Keith Wright  m 
 		 ⊖ Gerald W. (Ged) Baldwin  m 
⊖ Ivor G. Dent  m 
⊖ Anthony Hlynka  m 
⊖ Floyd A. Johnson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Marcel J.A. Lambert  m 
⊖ Abe W. Miller  m 
⊖ J. Harper Prowse  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Harold E. Tanner  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 108,424 Votes: 57,256 Participation: 52.81% Candidacies: 29
Provincial
12		 Alberta
5 August 1952
General
Single trans. vote (7)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28014(F) — 29 Oct 2022 21:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
SC
 4/29 1,757 3.38% +376 Loser:
SC
 1,381 2.65% Ambrose A. Holowach

Service: 2 years 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 127,069 Votes: 82,792 Participation: 65.16% Candidacies: 30
Provincial
13		 Alberta
29 June 1955
General
Single trans. vote (7)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28066(F) — 17 Oct 2021 20:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
SC
 5/30 1,575 2.06% -2,869 Loser:
CCF
 4,444 5.81% Elmer E. Roper

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,351 Votes: 8,481 Participation: 59.10% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
14		 Alberta
18 June 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28168(F) — 11 Jun 2023 17:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
SC
 1/4 4,564 54.16% +2,338 Loser:
PC
 2,226 26.42% Pat Walsh

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 17,345 Votes: 8,960 Participation: 51.66% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
15		 Alberta
17 June 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 28230(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
SC
 1/3 5,232 58.71% +2,814 Loser:
LIB
 2,418 27.13% Ian Nicoll

Service: 3 years 11 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,750 Votes: 10,004 Participation: 59.73% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13169(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
SC
 1/4 4,052 40.66% +1,559 Loser:
PC
 2,493 25.02% Larry Boddy

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,051 Votes: 9,134 Participation: 69.99% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13070(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
SC
 2/3 2,973 32.71% -1,568 Winner:
PC
 4,541 49.97% Julian G.J. Koziak
Eligible: 36,117 Votes: 25,421 Participation: 70.39% Candidacies: 7
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10141(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
61
SC
 4/7 1,904 7.49% -12,351 Winner:
PC
 14,255 56.08% Gerald W. (Ged) Baldwin

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. J. Donovan Ross		 22 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joseph Donovan Ross		 22 Apr 2024

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