(George Edward) Ted Russell (1 April 1912 – 28 November 2004)[1][2] was an Irish politician and company director.
Born into a prosperous Limerick merchant family, Russell was educated at Stoneyhurst College in Lancashire. Russell first stood for election as a Clann na Poblachta candidate at the 1948 general election but was not elected. He was also an unsuccessful candidate at the 1951 general election and the 1952 Limerick East by-election. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1957 general election for the Limerick East constituency.[3] He lost his seat at the 1961 general election.[4] He was elected to the 12th Seanad in 1969 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel and was re-elected to the 13th Seanad in 1973. He was defeated at the 1977 Seanad election. He unsuccessfully contested the 1965 general election as a Fine Gael candidate.[4]
He was a member of Limerick Corporation for 38 years from 1941–1979, and served as Mayor of Limerick on five occasions.[1] He was made a Freeman of the city in 1995.[5] and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Limerick in 2002.[6]
Russell was active in the campaign for the establishment of a university in Limerick to serve the people of the mid-western counties of Ireland, which led to the establishment of the National Institute for Higher Education (later the University of Limerick) in 1972.[7][8]
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