Hugh Murdoch Ross (8 July 1846 – 7 July 1912) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to wheelwright John Ross and Mary Mackay. He was a farmer who also worked as a stock inspector, a

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and

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, and as clerk and secretary of the Carriers/Teamster Union at

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. On 20 April 1874 he married Caroline O'Neile, with whom he would have nine children. He was elected to the

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in 1898 as the

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member for

. Defeated in 1901, Ross died in

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in 1912.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Hugh 1846 births 1912 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales