| 词条 | Hilda Ross |
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Dame Hilda Ross |honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DBE|size=100%}} |image = Hilda Ross, ca 1951.jpg |alt = |caption = Hilda Ross, {{circa}}1951 |constituency_MP = Hamilton |parliament = New Zealand |majority = |term_start = 1945 |term_end = 1959 |predecessor = Frank Findlay |successor = Lance Adams-Schneider |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1883|07|06}} |birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand |death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|03|06|1883|07|06|df=y}} |death_place = Hamilton, New Zealand |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = Grace Hilda Cuthbertha Ross |nationality = |party = National |otherparty = |spouse = {{marriage|Harry Campbell Manchester Ross|1904|1940|end=d.}} |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = }} Dame Grace Hilda Cuthbertha Ross {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DBE|size=85%}} (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 yearsShe 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.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=340}} FamilyIn 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.[1] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{By-election link year|Hamilton|1945}} |end = 1946 |term = 27th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Hamilton}} |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1946}} |end = 1949 |term = 28th |electorate = Hamilton |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1949}} |end = 1951 |term = 29th |electorate = Hamilton |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1951}} |end = 1954 |term = 30th |electorate = Hamilton |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1954}} |end = 1957 |term = 31st |electorate = Hamilton |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1957}} |end = 1959 |term = 32nd |electorate = Hamilton |party = New Zealand National Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Her first elected posts were the Waikato Hospital Board (1941) and the Hamilton Borough Council (1944).{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} She was Deputy Mayor of Hamilton in 1945.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=340}} Following the death of the incumbent MP for Hamilton, Frank Findlay,{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=196}} she won the {{By-election link|Hamilton|1945}} to represent the electorate in the New Zealand Parliament, where she remained until her death 14 years later in 1959.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=231}}[2] As MP she held various posts in the First National Government, including Member of the Executive Council (1949–1957),{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=86–88}} Minister of Social Security (1957),{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=88}} Minister of Welfare of Women and Children (1949–1957),{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=133}} and Minister of Child Welfare (1954–1957).{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=118}}[2] Later lifeShe was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 New Year Honours.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=231}}[3] She died on 6 March 1959 in Hamilton.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=340}} Quote
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Notes1. ^{{DNZB|Dalley|Bronwyn |5r25|Ross, Grace Hilda Cuthberta|27 October 2013}} 2. ^1 Hilda Ross bio 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/hamilton_heritage/topics/show/106-dame-hilda-ross- |title=Dame Hilda Ross, 1883-1959 - Hamilton Heritage - Kete Hamilton |publisher=Ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info |date= |accessdate=2014-03-13}} 4. ^{{cite book |title=Changing Times: New Zealand since 1945 |first1=Jenny |last1=Carlyon |first2=Diana |last2=Morrow |year=2013 |publisher=Auckland University Press |isbn= 9781869407827}} References{{Commons category|Hilda Ross}}
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