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Apr 18, 1819 Carluke, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 01 Oct 1888 (aged 69)
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About James Gibb Ross
- 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.
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- Ross was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery, on 4 October 1888.
