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.
[1] In 1872, he began preaching in Red Bank and Black River.
From 1878 to 1880, he served as pastor at the Scotch Colony at Kincardine, New Brunswick.
[2] While representing Hastings East as an MLA, he trice put forward legislation that would have allowed each municipality to decide for itself if it would use proportional representation in its elections.