Ron Russell
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Preceded byRobert D. Lindsay
Succeeded byChuck Porter
Preceded byGerry Fogarty
Succeeded byMurray Scott
Ron Russell | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Hants West | |
| In office 19 September 1978 – 13 June 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Lindsay |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Porter |
| Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly | |
| In office 21 May 1998 – 20 August 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Gerry Fogarty |
| Succeeded by | Murray Scott |
| In office 26 February 1991 – 28 June 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Art Donahoe |
| Succeeded by | Paul MacEwan |
| In office 6 December 1978 – 19 February 1981 | |
| Preceded by | George Doucet |
| Succeeded by | Art Donahoe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ronald Stanley Thornton Russell 22 July 1926 Ngongotahā, New Zealand |
| Died | 7 March 2019 (aged 92) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | pilot |
Ronald Stanley Thornton Russell (22 July 1926 – 7 March 2019) was a Canadian politician and pilot who lived in Nova Scotia.
Russell was born in Ngongotahā, New Zealand.[1] He was a pilot for the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War, and later joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. Russell was educated at the Ryerson Institute of Technology and Queen's University. He retired from the RCAF in 1973, and then worked several years as the Manager of Halifax International Airport.