Alexander McLagan Ross (April 20, 1829 – March 31, 1901) was a
Canadian
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banker and politician, who served as a Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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for
Huron West
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from 1875 to 1890 as a
Liberal
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member. He was provincial treasurer from 1883 to 1890.
He was born in
Dundee, Scotland
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, the son of Colin Ross and Elizabeth McLagan, and came to
Upper Canada
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with his family in 1834. He served as a clerk in the
Bank of Upper Canada
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and was manager for the
Royal Canadian Bank
The Consolidated Bank of Canada was created from the merger of City Bank and Royal Canadian Bank in 1876, but collapsed in 1880 and finally liquidated in 1882.
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and then the
Canadian Bank of Commerce
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History
In 1866 a ...
at
Goderich. In 1852, he married Agnes Kydd. In 1858, he was named treasurer for the united counties of
Huron
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* Wyandot people (or Wendat), indigenous to North America
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* Huron-Wendat Nation, a Huron-Wendat First Nation with a community in Wendake, Quebec
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and
Bruce
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. He continued to serve as treasurer for Huron from 1866 to 1883 after the two counties were split. Ross also served as Commissioner of Agriculture for the province from 1883 to 1888. In 1890, he was named
county clerk
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for
York County. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the local militia and served during the
Fenian raids.
Electoral history
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1829 births
1901 deaths
Finance ministers of Ontario
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Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
People of the Fenian raids
People from Dundee
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Immigrants to Upper Canada
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