Bob Russell

Robert A. "Bob" Russell (18 December 1930 – 30 August 2022) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as the President of the Alberta Liberal Party, and a municipal councillor in St. Albert, Alberta.

Early life Russell was born in 1930 in California and was raised on a farm in the Burns Lake, British Columbia area where he lived until the age of 14 when the family moved to Lethbridge, Alberta.

Provincial politics A realtor by profession, Russell first came to prominence by running for the leadership of the Alberta Liberal Party in 1966. and did not run in the following election in 2010. He returned to politics and successful in his run for a council seat in 2013 but was defeated in 2017. He ran for mayor of St. Albert again in 2021 but finished fourth of four candidates with 9.9% of the vote.

Other activities

Russell has held a number of community and political positions, including president of the Liberal riding association in Edmonton—St. Albert, Director of the St. Albert Senior Citizens Club, co-chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture of the Liberal Party of Canada in Alberta, and President of the Big Lake Environmental Support Society.