John Ross (Victorian politician)

Gardenvale and Ormond and then Brighton Grammar School (1952–1958). He worked as a technical officer at the University of Melbourne until 1962, when he became an inspector with the Victorian Health Department. He qualified with a Bachelor of Science from the university in 1967, followed by a Master of Science in 1973 and a PhD in 1977; he would later serve as scientific officer and then chief research officer with the Health Department. He was also director of the Addiction Research Institute. In 1991 he left the Health Department to become chairman of the board of Break-Even/G-Line Counselling and Referral Service. He was also elected to Moorabbin City Council in 1991, serving until 1994 in which year he was Deputy Mayor.^[1]

Liberal member for Higinbotham Province, serving until his retirement in 2002. He died in Melbourne in 2003.^[1]