J. Stewart Ross

ROSS, JOHN STEWART, farmer and fisher; b. 24 November 1902 in Flat River, son of Magnus Ross and Sarah Stewart; m. first 15 July 1931 Bessie MacRae of White Point, and they had four children, Kathleen, Lona, Elizabeth, and Connie; m. secondly 1981 Florence MacAulay MacKenzie, and there were no children; Presbyterian; d. 5 April 1999 in Eldon. Ross, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1959 for 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1962, 1966, and 1970. "Stewart" Ross was educated in Flat River. He was a successful farmer and a lobster fisher for over 50 years in that community. Ross was a member of the St.John's Presbyterian Church in Belfast and the Masonic Lodge. Stewart Ross died 5 April 1999. Bessie Ross died in 1978. Florence Ross died in 1988.