David Russell Sutton

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]

David Russell Sutton
MLA for Kings County
In office 1945–1953
Preceded by	John A. McDonald
Succeeded by	Edward Haliburton George Arthur Boggs
Personal details
Born	(1895-11-02)November 2, 1895 Somerville, Massachusetts
Died	February 13, 1970(1970-02-13) (aged 74)
Political party	Nova Scotia Liberal Party
Occupation	farmer, fruit grower

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]