Frank Mackenzie Ross

Frank Mackenzie Ross

Frank Mackenzie Ross , CMG , MC (born April 19, 1891 in Glasgow , † December 11, 1971 in Vancouver ) was a Canadian entrepreneur . From 1955 to 1960 he was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of British Columbia .

biography

Ross emigrated to Canada in 1910 and initially worked as a bank clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Montreal . After the outbreak of World War I , he voluntarily joined the army and was used on the Western Front in France , where he was seriously wounded. After the war he worked for the St. John Drydock and Shipbuilding Company , a shipyard and shipbuilding company in Saint John , New Brunswick , where he held a leading position after a few years.

During the Second World War , Ross advised the Canadian government on the procurement of essential war goods. In 1945 he married the renowned economist Phyllis Gregory, who had two children from their first marriage, including the future Prime Minister John Turner . The couple settled in Vancouver , from where Ross ran his industrial and financial operations.

Governor General Vincent Massey swore in Ross on October 3, 1955 as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. He held this representative office until October 13, 1960. In 1957, a fire destroyed Government House , the seat of the Vice Governor in Victoria . Two years later, they moved into a new building, the interior of which was largely financed by the Ross couple themselves.

Web links

• Biography on the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia website