Keith Norman Russell is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador and former Minister of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, he represented the Labrador district of Lake Melville until his 2015 election defeat. 10 years later, he was re-elected to a second term in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.
Before entering provincial politics Russell was an Ordinary Member for Upper Lake Melville in the Nunatsiavut Government. In 2025, Russell was acclaimed as the nominee for the district of Lake Melville by the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador Russell was re-elected in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.
On September 14, 2026, Russell announced that he was leaving the PC caucus to sit as an Independent MHA. On September 17, 2026, Russell voted against the Churchill Falls Definitive Cooperation and Implementation Agreement (DCIA) in the House of Assembly along with the Liberal and NDP caucuses.
Electoral record
|NDP |Arlene Michelin-Pittman |align="right"|280 |align="right"|9.4% |align="right"|
|NDP |Arlene Michelin-Pittman |align="right"|1,211 |align="right"|34.79% |align="right"|
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