James Ross (Australian lawyer)
James Hunter Ross (c.1792 – 18 September 1865) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia).
Ross was born in Wigtownshire, Scotland, the son of James Hunter Ross senior.[1]
Ross practised as a lawyer at the Supreme Court in Scotland. He arrived in the Port Phillip District in August 1841.[1] In 1841, Ross founded the law firm Blake & Riggall, the forerunner of Ashurst Australia.
On 31 October 1851 Griffith was nominated,[2] being sworn-in the following month, to the Victorian Legislative Council,[1][3] a position he held until resigning July 1852.[1] He was replaced in the Council by Thomas Turner à Beckett.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ross, James Hunter". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 166. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ Labilliere, Francis Peter. Early History of the Colony of Victoria II.
| Victorian Legislative Council | ||
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| New seat | Nominated Member 31 October 1851 – July 1852 |
Succeeded by Thomas Turner à Beckett |