Career
He represented Dundas in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1896 as a Conservative member. His name also appears as Homer Hugo He was born in Iroquois, Canada West, the son of John Sylvester Ross and Charlotte Carman, and educated at the University of Toronto. He was headmaster for high schools in Gananoque and Perth.
Ross served three years on the municipal council for Iroquois.
Ross died in Brockville.