| Birth Date: | 27 May 1940 |
| Death Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Office: | MLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark |
| Term Start: | 2001 |
| Term End: | 2004 |
| Predecessor: | Karen Leibovici |
| Successor: | Maurice Tougas |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
| Alma Mater: | University of Alberta |
| Occupation: | educator |
Robert Maskell (May 27, 1940[1] [2] – April 14, 2021) was a teacher and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 until 2004.
Maskell earned a Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Alberta. He became a teacher and then a principal at Jasper Place Composite High School and moved on to become the principal at the prestigious Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts.[3]
Maskell was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 2001 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Karen Leibovici to pick up Edmonton-Meadowlark for the Progressive Conservatives.[4] He ran for a second term in office in the 2004 Alberta general election but was defeated by less than a couple hundred votes by Maurice Tougas a candidate for the Liberals.[5]
Maskell tried to regain his seat in the 2012 Alberta general election, losing out to Liberal Leader Raj Sherman by 118 votes. He died in 2021.[6]