David John Russell was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
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. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. Calgary Victoria Park was a provincial electoral district that served the belt line on the south end of downtown Calgary Alberta Canada. David served one term as the member for that riding as a member for the Progressive Conservative opposition under Peter Lougheed. Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, (born July 26, 1928, in Calgary Alberta) is a Canadian In the 1971 Alberta general election David was re-elected as the member for the new district of Calgary Elbow. The Alberta general election of 1971 was the seventeenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. Calgary-Elbow is a provincial Electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. 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.
| 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 |