# Russell Stokes

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**Russell Newton Stokes** (26 August 1903 – 6 July 1974) was an Australian politician.

Born in [Ivanhoe](/source/Ivanhoe,_Victoria) to manufacturer Henry Richmond Stokes and Emma Rowdon Wippell. He attended [Melbourne Grammar School](/source/Melbourne_Grammar_School) and became a manufacturer with the family badge- and medallion-making firm, Stokes & Sons, based in [Brunswick](/source/Brunswick,_Victoria). He was the managing director and chairman of the company from 1932 to 1974.

Stokes also owned a 600-acre dairy and [Angus](/source/Aberdeen_Angus) property at [Yarra Glen](/source/Yarra_Glen) and further property at [Yea](/source/Yea,_Victoria). He married Margaret Black, with whom he had three children, on 16 November 1935. In 1944, he was the co-author of *Political Rehabilitation in Australia*, in which year he was also a foundation member of the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division)). He sat on the member qualifications committee from 1954 to 1956, and in 1958 was elected to the [Victorian Legislative Assembly](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly) as the member for [Evelyn](/source/Electoral_district_of_Evelyn). He served until his retirement in 1973 and died in 1974 at [Cairns](/source/Cairns,_Queensland). He is buried at Warringal Cemetery at [Heidelberg](/source/Heidelberg,_Victoria).[1]

## References

1. ["Stokes, Russell Newton"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060823082348/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1468). [Parliament of Victoria](/source/Parliament_of_Victoria). 1985. Archived from [the original](http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1468) on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

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