Ross Free

Ross Free
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Macquarie
In office
18 October 1980  1 December 1984
Preceded byReg Gillard
Succeeded byAlasdair Webster
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Lindsay
In office
1 December 1984  2 March 1996
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byJackie Kelly
Personal details
Born (1943-03-07) 7 March 1943
Bathurst, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
ResidenceBlue Mountains
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationPolitician, Teacher

Ross Vincent Free (born 7 March 1943) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the seat of Macquarie from 1980 until 1984, then Lindsay from 1984 until 1996. He served as a minister from 1990 until 1996 in both the Hawke and Keating ministries.