James Gibb Ross
The Hon. James Gibb Ross | |
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Senator for The Laurentides, Quebec | |
In office 1884–1888 | |
Appointed by | John A. Macdonald |
Preceded by | David Edward Price |
Succeeded by | Evans John Price |
Personal details | |
Born | Carluke (Strathclyde), Scotland | April 18, 1819
Died | October 1, 1888 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | (aged 69)
Resting place | Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec, Canada |
Political party | Conservative |
James Gibb Ross (18 April 1819 – 1 October 1888) was a Canadian merchant and politician from the province of Quebec.
Born in Carluke, a village of South Lanarkshire, Scotland, Ross emigrated to Canada in 1832 with his brother, John Ross, settling in Quebec City. After briefly attending a private school, he started working within his uncle's, James and Thomas Gibb, wholesale grocery business, James Gibb & Company. He eventually started his own business with his brother as a grocery importer and trading in lumber.
He twice ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Quebec-Centre in the 1872 election and the 1878 election. In 1884, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of The Laurentides, Quebec on the advice of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald. He served until his death in 1888. The Hon. Ross was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery, on 4 October 1888.
References[]
- James Gibb Ross – Parliament of Canada biography
- In collaboration with Kenneth S. Mackenzie (1982). "Ross, James Gibb". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- 1819 births
- 1888 deaths
- Candidates in the 1872 Canadian federal election
- Canadian senators from Quebec
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators
- Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec
- People from Carluke
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Immigrants to Lower Canada
- Burials at Mount Hermon Cemetery
- Quebec senator stubs