Ross Gray (politician)

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Ross Wilfred Gray (5 January 1897 – 11 December 1968) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Moore Township in Lambton County, Ontario and became a barrister by career.

Ross Gray
Member of Parliament
for Lambton West
In office
January 1929 – June 1945
Preceded byWilliam Thomas Goodison
Succeeded byJoseph Warner Murphy
Personal details
Born
Ross Wilfred Gray

(1897-01-05)5 January 1897
Moore Township, Ontario
Died11 December 1968(1968-12-11) (aged 71)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Gertrude K. Wiley
m. 10 October 1925[1]
Professionbarrister

Gray attended Sarnia Collegiate then Osgoode Hall Law School then attended Harvard University for post-graduate studies. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery from 1916 to 1919. From 1924 to 1927, he was a member of the Sarnia Board of Education.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Lambton West riding in a by-election on 14 January 1929 then re-elected there in 1930, 1935 and 1940. Gray was defeated by Joseph Warner Murphy of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1945 election.

By-election on 14 January 1929
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ross Gray acclaimed


1930 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ross Gray 7,868
Conservative Wilfred Smith Haney 7,314
1935 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ross Gray 8,335
Conservative Russell Gilbert Woods 4,636
Reconstruction Frank James Miller 2,094
1940 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Ross Gray 8,671
National Government William Howard Kenny 7,864
1945 Canadian federal election: Lambton
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Joseph Warner Murphy 8,450
Liberal Ross Gray 7,831
Co-operative Commonwealth George H. Stirrett 2,560

References

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  1. ^ a b Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
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