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Ross McDonald

The Honourable
Sir Ross McDonald
QC
Leader of the Liberal Party
in Western Australia
In office
13 April 1938 – 14 December 1946
Preceded by Norbert Keenan
Succeeded by Ross McLarty
Attorney-General of Western Australia
In office
1 April 1947 – 5 January 1948
Preceded by Hubert Parker
Succeeded by Arthur Abbott
Member of the Legislative Assembly
of Western Australia
In office
8 April 1933 – 23 March 1950
Preceded by Thomas Davy
Succeeded by Joseph Totterdell
Constituency West Perth
Personal details
Born (1888-01-25)25 January 1888
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Died 25 March 1964(1964-03-25) (aged 76)
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Political party Nationalist (to 1945)
Liberal (from 1945)
Alma mater University of Adelaide
Occupation Barrister
Religion Presbyterian

Sir Robert Ross McDonald QC (25 January 1888 – 25 March 1964) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1933 to 1950, representing the seat of West Perth. He served as leader of the Nationalist Party from 1938 to 1945, and of the Liberal Party (its successor) from 1945 to 1946, during the period when those parties were the junior partners in the coalition with the Country Party.

McDonald was born in Albany, Western Australia, to Mary Jane (née Elder) and Angus McDonald. He boarded at Scotch College, Perth, and then studied law by correspondence at the University of Adelaide. He was called to bar in 1910. McDonald enlisted as a private in the Australian Imperial Force in 1916, and later served as a lower-level officer with various artillery units in France and Belgium. He had reached the rank of lieutenant by the end of the war. On his return to Australia in 1919, McDonald joined the law firm of Robert Thomson Robinson (a fellow Albany native), eventually becoming a partner. He was a part-time lecturer at the University of Western Australia from 1928 to 1931, and also served as the foundation vice-president of the Australian branch of the International Commission of Jurists.


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