John Jones Ross
Champlain | |
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| In office 1861–1867 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph-Édouard Turcotte |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 16, 1831 Conservative |
| Spouse |
Arline Lanouette (m. 1854) |
| Occupation |
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| Cabinet | Canada: Minister Without Portfolio (1896) Quebec: Commissioner of Railways (1881–1882) Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works (1884–1887) |
| Portfolio | Canada: Speaker of the Senate (1891–1896) Quebec: President of the Legislative Council (1873–1874 & 1876–1878 & 1879–1881) |
John Jones Ross PC (August 16, 1831 – May 4, 1901) was a Canadian politician. Ross served as the seventh premier of Quebec and later as a member of the Senate of Canada.
Personal life
Ross was born in
French-Canadian
wife Sophie-Éloïse Gouin.
Political career
Province of Canada Assembly
Ross belonged to the
1867
.
Provincial politics
Ross was elected to the newly established
Shawinigan. From 1873 to 1874, 1876 to 1878 and 1879 to 1882, Ross served as Speaker
of the Legislative Council, of whom he remained a member until his death in 1901.
He was
Minister without Portfolio from 1876 to 1878 and from 1879 to 1881, as well as the seventh Premier of Quebec
from January 23, 1884, to January 25, 1887,
Federal politics
Ross successfully ran as a
Conservative candidate for the district of Champlain in the 1867 and 1872 federal elections, but did not run for re-election in 1874
.
He was appointed to the Senate of Canada for the Division of La Durantaye in 1887 and served as Speaker of that institution from 1891 to 1896.
Ross also was
Minister without Portfolio in the federal Cabinet
for a couple of months in 1896.
Elections as party leader
He lost the 1886 provincial election as Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec but remained in power in a minority government until he resigned on January 25, 1887. He died in 1901 in Quebec City.
See also
References
- "John Jones Ross". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- John Jones Ross – Parliament of Canada biography
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