Kenneth Samuel Gross (4 November 1924 – 2 October 1989) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to farmer Samuel Gross and Paulina Helena Stoessel. He attended state schools locally and became a farmer near Horsham in 1942. On 19 April 1952 he married Heather Brenton, with whom he had three children. A long-time member of the

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, he was elected to the

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in 1958 for

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. He served in the council until his retirement in 1976. Gross died in 1989.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Kenneth 1924 births 1989 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians