David John Russell

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David John Russell was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

David was elected to Calgary City Council and served as Alderman on 2 different occations 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. Under that elected his party formed government. 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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Preceded by:
New District		 MLA Calgary Victoria Park
1967-1971		 Succeeded by:
District Abolished
Preceded by:
New District		 MLA Calgary Elbow
1971-1989		 Succeeded by:
Ralph Klein
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