James Gibb Ross, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Gibb Ross

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1819

Place of Birth: Carluke, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1888

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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.
The Hon.
Ross was buried in Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery, on 4 October 1888.



Description	- photographer, businessperson and pharmacist Three generations of photographers (Jules Isaï Benoît (1830-1865), Jules Ernest Livernois (1851-1933), and Jules Livernois (1877-1952)) known as "Livernois"
Date of birth/death	22 October 1830	11 October 1865
Location of birth/death	Longueuil	Quebec City
Work location	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Authority control	: Q3257121 VIAF: 95912308 ISNI: 0000 0000 7382 5813 ULAN: 500036830 Open Library: OL5734477A