{{Short description|Canadian politician (1869–1928)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = William Roderick Ross | image = William Roderick Ross.png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|03|29}} | birth_place = Fort Chipewyan, now in Alberta | death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|02|04|1869|03|29}} | death_place = Cranbrook, British Columbia | other_names = | occupation = Lawyer, politician | employer = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Leila Young | children = | awards = | education = St. John's College | party = Conservative | office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | constituency1 = Fort George | term_start1 = 1916 | term_end1 = 1920 | office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia | constituency2 = Fernie | term_start2 = 1903 | term_end2 = 1916 }}

'''William Roderick Ross''' (March 29, 1869<ref name="who"/> &ndash; February 4, 1928<ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221928-09-409535%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13135%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 |title=Vital Event Death Registration |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref>) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Fernie from 1903 to 1916 and Fort George from 1916 to 1920 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.

He was born in Fort Chipewyan, Athabasca, the son of Donald Ross, and was educated at St. John's College in Winnipeg. Ross was called to the Manitoba bar in 1890. He practised in Winnipeg from 1890 to 1896 and then at Fort Steele from 1897 to 1900. Ross moved to Fernie in 1901. He married Leila Young. In 1906, he was named King's Counsel.<ref name="who">{{cite book |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/c-w-parker/northern-whos-who-a-biographical-dictionary-of-men-and-women-kra/page-81-northern-whos-who-a-biographical-dictionary-of-men-and-women-kra.shtml |title=Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women |last=Parker |first=C. W |volume=1 |year=1913 |page=708 |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> Ross served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Lands from 1910 to 1916.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/47984/execouncil.pdf |title=Executive Council Appointments 1871 - 1986 |publisher=Legislature of British Columbia |accessdate=2011-09-03}}</ref> He did not seek a seventh term in the Legislature in the 1924 provincial election. He died in Cranbrook at the age of 58.<ref name="death"/>

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