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♂ John S. Ross
aliasJohn S. Ross
Record
53859 · 5035

Anglican   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
Birth 16 July 1821 → 202 years + 9 months ago
Lived 60 years + 11 months
First mandate 7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 46 years
Death 1 July 1882 → 141 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 12 days after 19 June 1882
Special notes
None
 
John S. Ross (1821–1882) 200x323
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Hugo Homer Ross (c. 1847–1913) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 8 13

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Gibson  m 
 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
1		 Ontario
7 August 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 17631(F) — 27 Nov 2021 21:36 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,731 Votes: 2,169 Participation: 79.42% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Ontario
3 September 1867
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Minority
ID: 32612(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
LIB
 1,162 53.57% Simon S. Cook
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,612 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
ID: 18523(F) — 8 Aug 2023 22:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
51
LC
 2/2 1,262 48.32% -88 Winner:
ILIB
 1,350 51.68% William Gibson
Eligible: 4,055 Votes: 3,333 Participation: 82.19% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19041(F) — 28 Nov 2021 13:10 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
57
LC
 1/2 1,727 52.73% +179 Loser:
IND
 1,548 47.27% A.J. Laflamme

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,349 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19237(F) — 21 Jan 2022 21:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
CONS
 1,719 51.33% Charles E. Hickey

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Sylvester Ross, M.P.		 23 Nov 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Sylvester Ross, député		 23 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
John Sylvester Ross		 23 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Nov 2023 22:30 (but data presented dynamically)

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