instrumental in securing labour representation (Clarke) on the Tory ticket in Toronto in the provincial election of 1886, and federally in 1896 he was a leader in the successful campaign of John Ross

Ross, were initially cordial, but early on he began to sense that his position had changed. Even though he was still officially in charge, his advice was not always sought by the minister, and

. The grandparents of Simon Holmes emigrated to Pictou County from Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1803 with their son John and shortly thereafter settled in the area which would become Springville. The family

(Winnipeg, 1887). H. R. Ross, Thirty-five years in the limelight: Sir Rodmond P

. A staunch party loyalist, Jaffray served as a vice-president and as president of the Toronto Reform Association during the early 1890s. In 1904 Ontario’s Liberal government, under George William Ross

qc and the following year he formed his first partnership, with George Ross. Johnston is most widely known for his role in the successful

McKenna, James Hamilton Ross*, and Father Albert

Van Horne, James Ross, and Herbert Samuel Holt*. Lash was

Jones Ross* and Louis-Olivier Taillon*; his resignation was occasioned by

Ross* of the North-West Territorial government in negotiating Treaty No.8 with the Indians in the District of Athabasca and northeastern corner of British Columbia, an area disturbed by gold seekers

(Charlottetown), 25 June 1852, 7 Oct. 1853. Ross’s Weekly (Charlottetown), 21 Jan., 9 June 1864. Semi-Weekly Advertiser (Charlottetown), 10 Nov. 1863. Almanac

founded along with Whitney, F. S. Pearson, and William Benjamin Ross, a Halifax friend and lawyer-promoter who was also involved in Dominion Coal. Its charter of incorporation in 1895 authorized it to

. Pearson’s central Canadian financial associates, notably railway contractor turned utility promoter James Ross

. In June 1863 William Ross offered to sell Reford his importing business. Ross was a member of a family of Quebec importers and a brother of James Gibb

Reid and Margaret Ross; m. first 20 Sept. 1875 Eleanor M. Robinson in Halifax; m

. The team emerged undefeated from the Group 1 series, but lost the championship and the John Ross

ROBERTSON, JOHN ROSS, journalist, publisher, philanthropist, historian, and sportsman; b

ROSS, FRANCIS (Frank), businessman; b

ROSS, Sir GEORGE WILLIAM, educator and politician; b

ROSS, HARRIET (originally named Araminta) (Tubman