Russell McDonald
Russell Stanley Leslie McDonald (12 May 1913 – 20 January 1980) was an Australian politician.
Biography[]
He 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.[1]
References[]
- ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "McDonald, Russell Stanley Leslie". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1980 deaths
- National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- 20th-century Australian politicians