He holds a Diploma in Community Development from NUI Galway and a certificate in the effective management of volunteers from Queens University of Belfast.

He also holds a certificate and diploma in paralegal studies from the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) He is currently a mature student at Ulster University in Jordanstown undertaking study for a BSc Honours degree in Community Development Ross joined the Ulster Unionist Party in 1977 and was elected to Omagh District Council in 2005.

[3] At the 2010 general election, he stood in West Tyrone for Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force,[2] taking third place, with 14.2% of the vote.

[7] Ross Hussey was re-elected for the Ulster Unionist Party for West Tyrone in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2016.

[9] In 2014 comedian Tim McGarry commented on an episode of BBC panel show The Blame Game that it was "the Taj Mahal of Constituency Offices".

He occasionally comments on political matters but concentrates his time on providing welfare support on a voluntary basis in the West Tyrone area.