Charles Edward Russell (May 14, 1877[1] – October 30, 1937) was a journalist and politician in Newfoundland.
[2] The son of Charles Russell and Mary Drover, he was born in Bay Roberts and was educated there and at the Central Training School in St. John's.
[1] Little returned to Newfoundland in 1908 and bought a small printing plant from Harris and Wesley Mosdell in 1909, establishing the Bay Roberts Guardian in July of that year.
After leaving politics, he wrote newspaper articles that advocated honesty in government and better roads for the outports.
[2] Russell was a freemason and member of the Orange Order in Bay Roberts.