Hugh Russell

Hugh McDiarmid Russell (11 February 1873 – 6 May 1948) was a general importer and exporter and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography Windsor was born in Beenleigh to parents George Dick Russell and his wife Mary (née McDiarmid). He was educated at Brisbane Normal School and Brisbane Grammar School and began work at Hower Bros. and then Queensland Agricultural Company. By 1901 he had his own business as a general importer and exporter. and they had no children. He died in May 1948

Public career Russell was an alderman in the Hamilton Town Council from 1910 until 1925 including its mayor in 1914–1915. He then joined the Brisbane City Council as an alderman in 1925–1926.

He was one of the most talented speakers in parliament, especially when it came to taxation, local government and government finances. Russell was President of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce from 1931 until 1933, and a member of the State Stores Board, the Brisbane Tramways Trust, the Hamilton Red Cross Society and the Hamilton Patriotic Association.