James Gibb Ross

James Gibb Ross (18 April 1819 – 1 October 1888) was a Canadian merchant and politician from the province of Quebec.

Not to be confused with the James Ross (1814–1874) who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Compton.
The Hon.

James Gibb Ross
Senator for The Laurentides, Quebec
In office
1884–1888
Appointed byJohn A. Macdonald
Preceded byDavid Edward Price
Succeeded byEvans John Price
Personal details
Born(1819-04-18)April 18, 1819
Carluke (Strathclyde), Scotland
DiedOctober 1, 1888(1888-10-01) (aged 69)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Resting placeMount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec, Canada
Political partyConservative

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.

Quebec and Lake Saint-John Railroad Locomotive Number 5, named after Ross

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. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.


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