| Wilfred Russell | |
| Constituency Am: | Dalby |
| Assembly: | Queensland Legislative |
| Predecessor: | William Vowles |
| Successor: | Walter Sparkes |
| Term Start: | 8 May 1926 |
| Term End: | 8 January 1932 (died in office) |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1874[1] |
| Birth Place: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Death Date: | 8 January 1932 (aged 57) |
| Death Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birthname: | Wilfred Adams Russell |
| Party: | Country and Progressive National Party |
| Alma Mater: | Hawkesbury Agricultural College |
| Spouse: | Millicent Baldwin†|
| Profession: | Grazier, Politician |
| Relations: | Charles Russell (son) David Russell (grandson) Russell Cooper (grandson) |
Wilfred Adams Russell (22 July 1874 - 8 January 1932), was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2]
Russell was born in Queensland in 1874 and educated in New South Wales, where he later acquired pastoral and agricultural interests.
In 1909 he acquired an interest in Dalmally Station near Roma and took up residence there in 1910. He further extended his pastoral interests with the acquisition of properties at Cunnamulla and Jimbour Station. Jimbour was purchased from Charles Wippell in 1923. Title was transferred to Russell in January 1925. He pioneered the use of motorised livestock transport in the 1920s.[3]
Like the Bells before him, Russell of Jimbour became involved in local politics. He served as an alderman of the Dalby Town council and as the member for Dalby in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1926 until his death in 1932. In 1927 he donated part of the Bunya Mountains National Park to the community.[4] In 1931 he was involved in the acquisition of part of Lake Broadwater as a national park.[5]
Russell was married to Millicent Baldwin of Tamworth. They had five children, 2 sons and 3 daughters. Muriel, Joan, Henry, Charles and Eileen.