Ross Gray (politician)
Canadian 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.
5 January 1897
Ross Gray | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Lambton West | |
| In office January 1929 – June 1945 | |
| Preceded by | William Thomas Goodison |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Warner Murphy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ross Wilfred Gray 5 January 1897 |
| Died | 11 December 1968 (aged 71) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Gertrude K. Wiley m. 10 October 1925[1] |
| Profession | barrister |
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 | ||||||
