Liam McHugh-Russell

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Liam McHugh-Russell (born 1980) was the New Democratic Party candidate for the Toronto riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore in the 2006 Canadian federal election.

McHugh-Russell is a student of law at the University of Toronto, and a graduate of the University of Waterloo. He has been involved in the NDP for a number of years now, and is heavily involved in the Ontario New Democratic Youth, serving as Co-Chair for 2005-06. McHugh-Russell was involved in student politics at the University of Waterloo serving as Vice-President (Education) in 2003-04.

In the 2006 election, McHugh-Russell finished third behind Liberal Party of Canada candidate Michael Ignatieff and Conservative Party of Canada candidate John Capobianco. His mother, Margaret Anne McHugh, was the Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in the Ontario general election, 2003.