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Name
  
Alex Ross

Alex Ross (politician)
Preceded by
  
William CushingThomas Tweedie

Succeeded by
  
Alexander McGillivrayJohn IrwinGeorge WebsterRobert Parkyn

Born
  
15 January 1880Premnoy, Scotland (
1880-01-15
)

Died
  
17 July 1953(1953-07-17) (aged 73)Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Alexander Ross (15 January 1880 – 17 July 1953) was a stonemason, politician and cabinet minister from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Premnoy, Scotland.

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Political career

Ross was first elected in the 1917 Alberta election defeating Conservative Thomas Tweedie. He was elected as the first and only member of the Labor Representation League to sit in the assembly. The Labor Representation League later merged with the Dominion Labor Party (Alberta).

In the 1921 Alberta election after Calgary Centre was abolished he ran in the reconstituted Calgary riding and won the top spot in a 5-member block vote. In that election the United Farmers of Alberta defeated the Liberals in the rural part of the province, and formed the government. The United Farmers did not run any candidates in Calgary and Ross was asked to serve as Minister of Public Works despite being a member of the opposition.

Ross was acclaimed in a ministerial by-election on December 9, 1921.

In 1922 Ross helped found the Canadian Labor Party and served on its executive with other prominent labor politicians of the era, such as Elmer Ernest Roper and Alf Farmilo.

1926 election

Ross served out the rest of his second term as a minister, and his third term for the legislature until the 1926 Alberta general election. He was nominated by the Canadian Labor Party to run in Calgary, however the Calgary Herald reported that he did not appear to be enthusiastic to run, but would accept his nomination anyway. On voting day Ross was defeated in the 8th round of vote transfers finishing 8th out of 11 candidates.

References

Alex Ross (politician) Wikipedia


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