Background
He was born in Horsham to farmer Samuel Gross and Paulina Helena Stoessel.
He was born in Horsham to farmer Samuel Gross and Paulina Helena Stoessel.
He attended state schools locally and became a farmer near Horsham in 1942.
He served in the Council until his retirement in 1976. Gross died in 1989.
A long-time member of the Liberal and Country Party, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 1958 for Western Province.