Andrew Hendry Ross (1 August 1829 – 29 January 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.[1]
He was born inMuirkirk inAyrshire to farmer David Ross and Mary Kerr. He attended local parish schools before studying medicine at theUniversity of Glasgow. He was an assistant medical officer inLondon and then an assistant sanitary inspector. In 1857 he arrived inNew South Wales as the medical officer on an immigrant ship, and established himself as a local doctor atMolong. During this time he was also District Registrar for births, deaths and marriages, coroner, and public vaccinator. He was an alderman from 1881 to 1882, and mayor in 1882. On 7 November 1881 he married Frances Ann Genn, with whom he had two children. Ross was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1880 as the member forMolong. He retained his seat until 1904, becoming associated with theProtectionist Party. With the reduction in size of the Assembly, he contestedOrange as anIndependentLiberal but was defeated. Ross died atSurry Hills in 1910.[2]
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| New seat | Member forMolong 1880–1904 | Abolished |
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