Jean Auguste Ross was a Canadian

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 physician and politician.

Born in Rimouski, Canada East

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, the son of John Ross and Caroline Talbot, Ross was educated at Ste. Anne and Rimouski Seminaries. He received his medical education from Université Laval

Université Laval

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 and then started practicing medicine in Rimouski. He was also Coroner for the District of Rimouski and a Quarantine Officer for the port. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district of Rimouski

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 in a 1897 by-election. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1900

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, 1904

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, and 1908

Canadian federal election, 1908

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. He was defeated in 1911

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