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Mr Albert Ross SLOSS (1911 - 1990)

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Date of Birth: 15/02/1911
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 26/04/1990
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for King 13 Feb 1971 19 Oct 1973 2 years 8 months 7 days
Member for King 24 Feb 1968 13 Jan 1971 2 years 10 months 21 days
Member for King 01 May 1965 23 Jan 1968 2 years 8 months 24 days
Member for King 03 Mar 1962 31 Mar 1965 3 years 29 days
Member for King 21 Mar 1959 05 Feb 1962 2 years 10 months 16 days
Member for King 03 Mar 1956 16 Feb 1959 2 years 11 months 14 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 03 Mar 1956 19 Oct 1973 17 years 7 months 17 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1927, member of central executive 1938 - 1939, 1940 - 1941; member of Hughes Evans State Labor in 1941; deputy chairman of Parliamentary Party 1968 - 1973
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Publican. Educated at St Joseph's Sisters of Mercy school and Plunkett Street public school, Sydney; employed by Sydney City Council 1925 - 1939; licensee of Goulburn and Commercial Hotels, Sydney 1939 - 1940; shipping clerk 1946 - 1948; waterside worker; personal assistant to the Minister for Labour and Industry 1950 - 1953; active in Municipal and Shires' Employees' Union 1925 - 1940; organiser with War Memorial Appeal 1953 - 1956; life member of Returned Serviceman's League; director of Sydney Hospital 1958 - 1973; member of Lord Howe Island Board; trustee of Wentworth Park.
Military Service
Served in 2nd Australian Imperial Forces, 1941 - 1945, gunner during the bombing of Darwin
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman of the Sydney City Council for Phillip Ward, 30 October 1939 - 5 December 1941; and for Macquarie Ward 2 December 1950 - 4 December 1953. Member of the Works Committee 1951 - 1953; the Electricity Committee 1939 - 1941; the City Planning and Improvements Committee 1939 - 1941; the Finance Committee 1939 - 1941; and the Health and Recreations Committee 1959 - 1953
Personal
Son of William Sloss, Scottish migrant, and Catherine O'Neill. Married Catherine Moffat on 23 December 1931 and had issue, 2 daughters.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.