Background
He was born at Murrurundi to wheelwright John Ross and Mary Mackay.
He was born at Murrurundi to wheelwright John Ross and Mary Mackay.
He was a farmer who also worked as a stock inspector, a postmaster and poundkeeper at Quirindi, and as clerk and secretary of the Carriers/Teamster Union at Narrabri. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1898 as the Labor member for Narrabri. Defeated in 1901, Ross died in Sydney in 1912.