Mr. Todd Russell (Labrador)

Website:
Email: Russell.T@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Address:

P.O. Box 1401, Station B
169 Hamilton River Road
Happy Valley-Goose Bay (NL)
A0P 1E0
Phone: (709) 896-2483
Fax: (709) 896-9425

P.O. Box 242
L'Anse au Loup (NL) A0K 3L0
Phone: (709) 927-5210
Fax: (709) 927-5830

118 Humprey Road, Bruno Plaza
Labrador City (NL) A2V 2J8
Phone: (709) 944-2146
Fax: (709) 944-7260

Ottawa Address:

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON  K1A 0A6

Biography

Todd Russell was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Labrador in the by-election of May 24, 2005. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2008. He is presently the Critic for Aboriginal Affairs.

During the last session of Parliament, Mr. Russell was the Caucus Mentor for Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mr. Russell has been a champion and strong advocate for Labrador at every political level in the country. Being of Inuit-Metis ancestry, he has a close and intimate connection to the land and its people.

Mr. Russell launched his political career as Chair of the student council during his years at Memorial University’s Sir Wilfred Grenfell College campus. He was elected to the board of the Labrador Metis Association, now the Labrador Metis Nation, in 1992. Two years later he was elected president, a position he held until 2005. He has also served on a number of national boards.

Upon completion of high school, Mr. Russell attended Memorial University in St. John’s, graduating with a bachelor of arts in history and classics. While pursuing his high school diploma and subsequent to completing his university degree, he worked on an oil tanker for two years before accepting a position as an Outreach Counsellor with the Atlantic Groundfish Strategy.

Mr. Russell is a native of William’s Harbour, a tiny island community on the southeast coast of Labrador.