David John Russell

David John Russell was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

David was elected to Calgary City Council and served as Alderman on two different occasions, the first time from 1960–1961 and then again from 1963 to 1967.

David was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a Progressive Conservative member in the 1967 Alberta general election for Calgary Victoria Park. David served one term as the member for that riding as a member for the Progressive Conservative opposition under Peter Lougheed.In the 1971 Alberta general election David was re-elected as the member for the new district of Calgary Elbow. The Progressive Conservative party formed government in that election. David served 5 terms as the member for the riding and retired in 1989.

David served as Deputy Premier from 1986-1989.

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