Ross Gray (politician) explained

Ross Gray
Birthname:Ross Wilfred Gray
Birth Date:1897 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Moore Township, Ontario
Spouse:Gertrude K. Wiley
m. 10 October 1925[1]
Riding:Lambton West
Predecessor:William Thomas Goodison
Successor:Joseph Warner Murphy
Term Start:January 1929
Term End:June 1945
Profession:barrister
Party:Liberal

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.

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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 .