United Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness

Date: 15 Aug 1970
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The 68 year-old Ross was born in the Cape, but moved to Transvaal where he spent the greater part of his life. During the Second World War Ross served as an Officer in the Third Transvaal Scottish Regiment. After the war he devoted himself to the task of providing housing for White and non-White ex-servicemen. He was educated at King Edward School. The United Party (UP) was established after the Great Depression of 1929 - 1939. It came into being as a fusion between Jan Smut’s South African Party (SAP) and J.B.M. Hertzog’s National Party (NP) in 1934. Among politicians who worked as an MP for UP was Sir. De Viliers Graaff.

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01The Cape Times, (17 August, 1970), ‘Death of former Benoni MP’ in The Cape Times,Available at the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus,[Accessed: 13 August 2013]
02Encyclopaedia Britannica, (2011), 'United Party (UP)' in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [online] Available at www.britannica.com[Accessed: 13 August 2013]

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