Ross Gray (politician)

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

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

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.


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