Douglas Donald Cross was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 from 1948 until 1953 and from 1956 until his death . He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

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Cross was born in Marrickville, New South Wales

Marrickville, New South Wales

Marrickville, a suburb of Sydney's Inner West is located 7 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the state of New South Wales, Australia and is the largest suburb in the Marrickville Council local government area...

. He was the son of a police constable and educated to elementary level at a state superior school. Cross initially worked as a carpenter but eventually owned a large building company. He served in the First Australian Imperial Force

First Australian Imperial Force

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  in France between 1916 and 1919. Cross was an alderman on the council of the Municipality of Kogarah

Municipality of Kogarah

The Municipality of Kogarah is a Local Government Area in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The centre of the municipality is located 14km SSW of the Sydney central business district and west of Botany Bay....

 between 1942 and 1970 and was mayor in 1944-47 and 1953-58. In 1948, he was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Liberal member for Kogarah

Electoral district of Kogarah

Kogarah is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's St George district. It is represented by Cherie Burton of the Australian Labor Party.-History:...

 at the by-election caused by the death of Labor's sitting member William Currey. He retained the seat until he was defeated by Labor's Bill Crabtree

Bill Crabtree

Bill Crabtree was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1983 and represented the ALP....

 at the 1953

New South Wales state election, 1953

The 1953 New South Wales state election was held on 14 February 1953. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution...

 state election. At the following election in 1956

New South Wales state election, 1956

The 1956 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1956. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution...

 he defeated Frank O'Neill

Frank O'Neill (politician)

Frank O'Neill was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for a single term between 1953 and 1956. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party ....

, Labor's sitting member for the seat of Georges River

Electoral district of Georges River

Georges River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1930 to 2007. It was replaced by Oatley.-Members for Georges River:-Election results:...

. He retained this seat until his death in 1970.