Lillian Ross (politician)


Lillian Ross is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.

Background

Ross was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. She worked as a real estate agent and owned a women's clothing store. She is married to Don Ross, a Hamilton city councillor. Together they raised two children.

Politics

Ross was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent New Democrat Richard Allen by over 4,000 votes in the riding of Hamilton West. Ross served as a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government for the next four years. In 1997 she was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations.
In the 1999 provincial election, Ross lost to NDP Member of Provincial Parliament David Christopherson by over 3,000 votes, after Christopherson's old riding of Hamilton Centre was eliminated by redistribution.