James Gibb Ross

James Gibb Ross 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 [Canadian federal election|1872] and 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 of Canada|Prime Minister] John A. Macdonald. He served until his death in 1888. Ross was buried in Mount [Hermon Cemetery] in Sillery, on 4 October 1888.