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♂ Arthur Wellington Ross
aliasArthur Wellington Ross
Record
53784 · 5888

☆   Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Manitoba 2 0 2
Total 5 0 5
Birth 25 March 1846 → 178 years + 1 month ago
Lived 55 years
First mandate 18 December 1878 → 145 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 8 months
Death 25 March 1901 → 123 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 9 months after 22 June 1896
Special notes
None
 
Arthur Wellington Ross (1846–1901)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Ross's son John was one of the victims in the Titanic sinking in 1912, but the former Manitoba MLA and MP had died 11 years earlier at the age of 55.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 14 0 0
Manitoba 3 5 12 Z
TOTAL 17 5 12

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John C. Schultz  m 
 		 ⊖ John Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 274 Votes: 258 Participation: 94.16% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
3		 Manitoba
18 December 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28311(F) — 5 Feb 2023 23:55 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
IND
 1/3 117 45.35% +7 Loser:
IND
 110 42.64% A.D. Irish
After his election:
19 Dec 1878 32
IND
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 11 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 225 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
16 December 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28339(F) — 5 Feb 2023 20:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/2 222 98.67% +219 Loser:
IND
 3 1.33% A. Barnard
After his election:
1 Jun 1882 36
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,480 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
5		 Manitoba
20 June 1882
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19189(F) — 28 Nov 2021 14:49 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
LC
 1/2 760 51.35% +40 Loser:
CONS
 720 48.65% John C. Schultz

Service: 4 years 8 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 296 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Manitoba
17 August 1882
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28366(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
36		 Successor:
CONS
 179 60.47% Charles B. Edie
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
6		 Manitoba
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19392(F) — 28 Nov 2021 16:39 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,528 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Manitoba
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19740(F) — 30 Sep 2023 12:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LC
 1/2 1,359 53.76% +190 Loser:
LIB
 1,169 46.24% John Taylor

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,260 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Manitoba
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20028(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LIB
 2,657 50.51% Robert L. Richardson

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Ross, Arthur Wellington		 16 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Ross, Arthur Wellington		 16 Mar 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Arthur Wellington Ross (1846-1901)		 16 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Wellington Ross, M.P.		 16 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Arthur Wellington Ross, député		 16 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Arthur Wellington Ross		 16 Mar 2024

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