Samuel Russell (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Newcastle, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada
About Samuel Russell (politician)
- Samuel Russell (January 29, 1848 – February 26, 1924) was a Presbyterian missionary, newspaper editor and politician in New Brunswick and Ontario, Canada.
- He represented Hastings East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1904 as a Liberal.The son of James Russell and Ann Carruthers, natives of Ireland, he was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick and was educated there and at the University of New Brunswick.
- Russell went on to study theology at Queen's University and the University of Glasgow.
- In 1872, he began preaching in Red Bank and Black River.
- Russell was ordained in Newcastle in 1873.
- He served as a minister in Newcastle.
- In 1876, he moved to Montreal.
- From 1878 to 1880, he served as pastor at the Scotch Colony at Kincardine, New Brunswick.
- Russell apparently subsequently left the ministry.He married Evelyn M.
- Davis.
- Russell later moved to Deseronto, where he was editor of the Tribune.He died in Belleville at the age of 76.
- At the time of his death, Russell was registrar for Hastings County.
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