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♂ William Gladstone Ross
aliasWilliam Ross
Record
53897 · 9166

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 3 2 5
Birth 14 January 1889 → 135 years + 3 months ago
Lived 59 years
First mandate 17 May 1927 → 96 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 4 months
Death 14 January 1948 → 76 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 7 months after 14 June 1944
Special notes
None
 

William Gladstone Ross (1889–1948)
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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
Saskatchewan 12 0 14 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
6 documented challengers
⊖ William G. Baker  m  (4 runoffs)
⊖ John H. Laird  m 
⊖ Robert H. Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John W. (Jack) Corman  m 
⊖ John A. Merkley  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Wellington B. Willoughby  m 
 
Eligible: 5,210 Votes: 3,947 Participation: 75.76% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31207(F) — 9 Mar 2022 11:33 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 2/3 1,328 33.65% -293 Winner:
CONS
 1,621 41.07% Wellington B. Willoughby
Eligible: 10,097 Votes: 6,229 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Saskatchewan
17 May 1927
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31442(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/2 3,922 62.96% +1,615 Loser:
CONS
 2,307 37.04% Robert H. Smith

Service: 2 years 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,437 Votes: 16,742 Participation: 74.78% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 31472(F) — 27 Oct 2023 20:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
LIB
 4/4 3,980 47.55% -229 Winner:
CONS
 4,209 50.28% Robert H. Smith
Eligible: 11,588 Votes: 19,288 Participation: 93.21% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31540(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
45
LIB
 1/7 4,928 51.10% +2,488 Loser:
CONS
 2,440 25.30% John A. Merkley

Service: 3 years 11 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,433 Votes: 18,854 Participation: 76.84% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
9		 Saskatchewan
8 June 1938
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31595(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/6 4,830 51.24% +2,141 Loser:
SC
 2,689 28.52% John W. (Jack) Corman

Service: 6 years 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 20,514 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 7
Provincial
10		 Saskatchewan
15 June 1944
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CCF  Majority
ID: 31649(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
CCF
 5,894 57.46% Dempster H.R. Heming

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Ross, William Gladstone 1889 – 1948 (p. 33)		 26 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William Gladstone Ross		 26 Apr 2024

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