About Russell McDonald
Lived 1913 – 1980 (aged 66). Russell McDonald was a politician.
Russell Stanley Leslie McDonald (12 May 1913 – 20 January 1980) was an Australian politician.
Biography McDonald was born in Kyabram to labourer Donald Alexander Leslie McDonald and Jessie Taylor. He ran a service station in Echuca before entering politics, and was also a local councillor (1947–58) and mayor (1956–58). Around 1938 he married Barbara Catherine Hall, with whom he had three children. In 1964 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Rodney. He held the seat until his retirement in 1973. McDonald died at Echuca in 1980.
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Australian politician (1913-1980)
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Russell McDonald was born on 12 May 1913.
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Russell McDonald died on 20 January 1980.
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Russell McDonald was a politician.
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