Hilda Ross

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The Honourable
Dame Hilda Ross
DBE
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Hilda Ross, c.1951
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Hamilton
In office
1945 – 1959
Preceded by Frank Findlay
Succeeded by Lance Adams-Schneider
Personal details
Born Grace Hilda Cuthbertha Ross
(1883-07-06)6 July 1883
Auckland, New Zealand
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Hamilton, New Zealand
Political party National
Spouse(s) Harry Campbell Manchester Ross (m. 1904; d. 1940)

Dame Grace Hilda Cuthbertha Ross DBE (née Nixon, 6 July 1883 – 6 March 1959), known as Hilda Ross, was a New Zealand politician for the National Party and an activist.

Early years

She was born at Auckland to Adam Nixon and Zillah Johnson. Her family lived in both Sydney and Auckland, and she received her education in these cities. She trained as a music teacher and later conducted the Hamilton City Choral Operatic Society.[1]

Family

In 1904 she married Harry Campbell Manchester Ross (died 1940) in Auckland. Her husband founded a furnishing company, "Barton and Ross". They had four sons, two of whom died in infancy.[2]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
1945–1946 27th Hamilton National
1946–1949 28th Hamilton National
1949–1951 29th Hamilton National
1951–1954 30th Hamilton National
1954–1957 31st Hamilton National
1957–1959 32nd Hamilton National

Her first elected posts were the Waikato Hospital Board (1941) and the Hamilton Borough Council (1944).[citation needed] She was Deputy Mayor of Hamilton in 1945.[1] Following the death of the incumbent MP for Hamilton, Frank Findlay,[3] she won the 1945 by-election to represent the electorate in the New Zealand Parliament, where she remained until her death 14 years later in 1959.[4][5] As MP she held various posts in the First National Government, including Member of the Executive Council (1949–1957),[6] Minister of Social Security (1957),[7] Minister of Welfare of Women and Children (1949–1957),[8] and Minister of Child Welfare (1954–1957).[9][5]

Later life

She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 New Year Honours.[4][10] She died on 6 March 1959 in Hamilton.[1]

Quote

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  • "Married women with children should wake up to their responsibilities in the home and stay at home".

Legacy

  • Dame Hilda Ross Memorial Arts Centre & Dame Hilda Ross Memorial Arts Centre Appeal

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gustafson 1986, p. 340.
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  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 196.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilson 1985, p. 231.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hilda Ross bio
  6. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 86–88.
  7. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 88.
  8. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 133.
  9. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 118.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

References

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  • Women in Parliamentary Life 1970–1990: Hocken Lecture 1993 by Marilyn Waring, page 34–35 (Hocken Library, University of Otago, 1994) ISBN 0-902041-61-4
  • Background
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hamilton
1945–1959		 Succeeded by
Lance Adams-Schneider
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