Charles Cathmer Ross Explained

Charles Cathmer Ross
Birth Date:14 June 1884
Death Place:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birth Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Athabasca
Term Start:1935
Term End:1938
Predecessor:Clarence Tade
Successor:Clarence Tade
Party:Social Credit

Charles Cathmer Ross (June 14, 1884  - September 12, 1938) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to his death in 1938, sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. He was Minister of Lands and Mines in the government from September 3, 1935, to January 5, 1937. Appointed to cabinet without a seat in the legislature, he ran in a 1935 by-election, for which Athabasca incumbent Clarence Tade resigned his seat for.[1] Ross died in office of heart disease in 1938.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Denies Compulsion Used Oust Social Credit Candidate. The Lethbridge Herald. September 3, 1935. Vol XXVIII No 222. 1–2.
  2. Web site: Ross, C.C.. albertaonrecord.ca. 28 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Guide Parlementaire Canadien. google.ca. 1938. 28 February 2015.