their lives. Ross played a prominent role at Zuken's funeral in 1986. During the 1980s, Ross wrote in opposition to the Winnipeg School Board's education policy concerning the Ukrainian famine of the early 1930s. Ross acknowledged the death of millions, but denied that the government of Joseph Stalin had consciously planned an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people. (Mary Kardash, a Winnipeg school trustee of Ukrainian background, made essentially the same arguments as Ross during the course of these debates). Ross's wife, Anne Ross, was also a public figure, serving as an administrator at the Mount Carmel Clinic in Winnipeg. In the early 1970s, this clinic became involved in a public controversy over its decision to offer abortion referral services. Ross campaigned for federal and provincial office a total of fourteen times. Aside from the 1945 campaign mentioned above, he was a candidate in: Winnipeg Ward Two (municipal), 1953 Winnipeg election, (635 votes) Winnipeg North Centre (federal), 1953 (1606 votes), winner: Stanley Knowles (CCF) Winnipeg North (federal), 1957 (1579 votes), winner: Alistair Stewart (CCF) Winnipeg North (federal), 1958 (1503 votes), winner: Murray Smith (PC) Burrows (provincial), 1959 (675 votes), winner: John Hawryluk (CCF) Winnipeg North (federal), 1962 (1504 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP) Inkster (provincial), 1966 (312 votes), winner: Sidney Green (NDP) Winnipeg North (federal), 1968 (869 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP) Winnipeg North (federal), 1972 (587 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP) St. Johns (provincial), 1973 (66 votes), winner: Saul Cherniack (NDP) Winnipeg North (federal), 1974 (390 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP) Winnipeg North (federal), 1979 (242 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP) Winnipeg North (federal), 1980 (195 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP) St. Johns (provincial), 1981 (117 votes), winner: Donald Malinowski (NDP) References 1911 births 1998 deaths Communist Party of Canada (Manitoba) candidates in Manitoba provincial elections Labor-Progressive Party candidates in the 1953 Canadian federal election Labor-Progressive Party candidates in the 1957 Canadian federal election Labor-Progressive Party candidates in the 1958 Canadian federal election Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 1962 Canadian federal election Jewish Canadian politicians Jewish socialists Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent