Sir George William Ross (September 18, 1841 – March 7, 1914) was an educator and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was premier of Ontario from 1899 to 1905.
Born near Nairn, in Middlesex County, Upper Canada, he worked as a school teacher and school inspector before going into politics. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal in the 1872 election. He was re-elected in the 1874 and 1878 elections. He was initially declar...
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Sir George William Ross (September 18, 1841 – March 7, 1914) was an educator and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was premier of Ontario from 1899 to 1905.
Born near Nairn, in Middlesex County, Upper Canada, he worked as a school teacher and school inspector before going into politics. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal in the 1872 election. He was re-elected in the 1874 and 1878 elections. He was initially declared re-elected again in the 1882 election, but his victory was challenged, and the next year the vote was declared void.
Rather than run again, Ross moved to provincial politics when he was offered the position of Minister of Education for Ontario in the Liberal government of Sir Oliver Mowat in 1883. He oversaw the construction of over 300 libraries, the expansion of the kindergarten system, and the creation of the School of Pedagogy for the training of school inspectors and masters. Ross increased grants to the education system, and oversaw...
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