sentences:  He studied law at the office of the protonotaries of the Court of King's Bench at Quebec, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and set up practice at Quebec City.He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Mégantic in an 1850 by-election but was defeated by John Greaves Clapham in the 1851 general election which followed.Ross was named Queen's Counsel in 1853.