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♂ J. Stewart Ross
aliasJ. Stewart Ross
Record
53836 · 5622

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 4 0 4
Birth 24 November 1902 → 121 years + 5 months ago
Lived 96 years + 4 months
First mandate 1 September 1959 → 64 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 9 months
Death 5 April 1999 → 25 years ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 11 months after 28 April 1974
Special notes
None
 
J. Stewart Ross (1902–1999) 200x257
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — 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
Prince Edward Island 14 7 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Daniel J. Compton  m 
 		 ⊖ Vernon J. MacIntyre  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,360 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25777(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,241 52.58% +122 Loser:
PC
 1,119 47.42% Alexander J. MacPherson

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,346 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25809(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,279 54.52% +212 Loser:
PC
 1,067 45.48% John A. Murchison

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,341 Votes: 2,149 Participation: 91.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25841(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
LIB
 1/2 1,026 50.62% +25 Loser:
PC
 1,001 49.38% Daniel J. Compton

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,457 Votes: 2,310 Participation: 94.02% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25874(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/2 1,108 50.48% +21 Loser:
PC
 1,087 49.52% Vernon J. MacIntyre

Service: 3 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,551 Votes: 2,271 Participation: 89.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Prince Edward Island
29 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25910(F) — 14 Feb 2022 22:14 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
PC
 1,073 48.86% Vernon J. MacIntyre

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Ross, John Stewart		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
J. Stewart Ross		 26 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Dec 2023 23:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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