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♂ George W. Ross
aliasGeorge W. Ross
Record
53825 · 5155

∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
Ontario 7 0 7
Total 11 0 11
Birth 18 September 1841 → 182 years + 7 months ago
Lived 72 years + 5 months
First mandate 20 July 1872 → 151 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 10 months
Death 7 March 1914 → 110 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 7 years + 1 month after 19 January 1907
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Duncan C. Ross (1871–1961) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 2 8
Ontario 23 0 29 Z
TOTAL 34 3 7

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 9–11
LIB
 1 Party leader 58–65 21 Oct 1899 — 19 Jan 1907 7 2 29
2. ON 9–10
LIB
 1 Premier 58–63 21 Oct 1899 — 24 Jan 1905 5 3 3
3. ON 11
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 63–65 25 Jan 1905 — 19 Jan 1907 1 11 25

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 13  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George B. Campbell  m 
 		 ⊖ Nathaniel Currie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,595 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
2		 Ontario
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18554(F) — 25 Jun 2023 16:56 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
30
LIB
 1/3 1,322 50.94% +56 Loser:
CONS
 1,266 48.79% Augustine MacDonald
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 32
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
3		 Ontario
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18788(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,242 Votes: 3,337 Participation: 78.67% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Ontario
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19074(F) — 3 Aug 2023 20:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/2 1,635 50.74% +48 Loser:
CONS
 1,587 49.26% Nathaniel Currie

Service: 3 years 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,248 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19270(F) — 21 Jan 2022 21:49 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 1,651 50.83% +54 Loser:
IND
 1,597 49.17% A. Currie
After his election:
1 Oct 1883 42
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 year 3 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,510 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Ontario
14 December 1883
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19654(F) — 21 Jan 2022 21:49 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
LIB
 1,771 50.46% Donald M. Cameron
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Ontario
14 December 1883
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33120(F) — 21 Feb 2022 22:46 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation ?

Service: 3 years 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,353 Votes: 3,857 Participation: 72.05% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33179(F) — 31 Dec 2022 14:48 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/2 2,021 52.53% +195 Loser:
LC
 1,826 47.47% R. Brown

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,728 Votes: 3,799 Participation: 80.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33271(F) — 31 Dec 2022 12:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,950 51.64% +124 Loser:
LC
 1,826 48.36% John Morgan

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,831 Votes: 3,845 Participation: 79.59% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33360(F) — 31 Dec 2022 09:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,970 51.46% +112 Loser:
LC
 1,858 48.54% John Leitch

Service: 3 years 8 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,173 Votes: 4,386 Participation: 84.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Ontario
1 March 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33455(F) — 23 Sep 2023 11:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 2,262 51.73% +151 Loser:
LC
 2,111 48.27% George B. Campbell

Service: 4 years 2 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,149 Votes: 3,775 Participation: 73.32% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Ontario
29 May 1902
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33548(F) — 1 Oct 2021 16:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 2,172 58.07% +604 Loser:
LC
 1,568 41.93% Thomas English

Service: 2 years 7 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,732 Votes: 3,975 Participation: 84.00% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Ontario
25 January 1905
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33647(F) — 30 Dec 2022 14:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 2,043 51.42% +113 Loser:
LC
 1,930 48.58% George A. Stewart
After his election:
19 Jan 1907 65
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 1 year 11 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
11		 Ontario
20 February 1907
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 33781(F) — 23 Feb 2022 19:20 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Duncan C. Ross

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Ross, Sir George William		 23 Sep 2023
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Ross, sir George William		 23 Sep 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
George William Ross		 23 Sep 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
George William Ross		 23 Sep 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sir George William Ross, M.P., Senator		 23 Sep 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. sir George William Ross, député, sénateur		 23 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
George William Ross		 23 Sep 2023
FR Wikipédia
George William Ross		 23 Sep 2023

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