| David Russell Sutton | |
| Birth Date: | 2 November 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Somerville, Massachusetts |
| Office: | MLA for Kings County |
| Term Start: | 1945 |
| Term End: | 1953 |
| Predecessor: | John A. McDonald |
| Successor: | Edward Haliburton George Arthur Boggs |
| Party: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
| Occupation: | farmer, fruit grower |
David Russell Sutton (November 2, 1895 – February 13, 1970) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Kings in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Born in 1895 at Somerville, Massachusetts, Sutton's family moved to Canada in 1896.[2] He was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and was a farmer and fruit grower in Kings County, Nova Scotia.[2] He married Lulu Marguerite Morine in 1919.[2] Sutton was a municipal councillor in Kings County, and served as president of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association.[2]
Sutton entered provincial politics in the 1945 election, winning the Kings County riding.[3] He was re-elected in the now dual-member Kings County riding in 1949, serving with Liberal William Harvey Pipe.[4] In the 1953 election, both Sutton and Pipe were defeated by Progressive Conservatives Edward Haliburton, and George Arthur Boggs.[5] Sutton died on February 13, 1970.[2]