Russell John Calvert was a New Zealand local-body politician.
13 Facts About Russell Calvert
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Russell Calvert served as Mayor of Dunedin between 1965 and 1968.
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Russell Calvert was educated at Nelson College in 1923 and in Wellington.
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Russell Calvert then moved to Dunedin and established his own dental technician's laboratory there, living in Dunedin for 52 years.
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Russell Calvert served in World War II in the army in an artillery unit in Greece and the Middle East, and for a short time in New Caledonia.
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Russell Calvert was later an organiser of the Dunedin Combined Ratepayers' Association and was part of a successful campaign in 1953 for unimproved value rating.
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Russell Calvert later sought the Labour nomination at the 1953 North Dunedin by-election but was not selected.
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Russell Calvert was first elected to the Dunedin City Council in a 1958 by-election, beating former National MP Jim Barnes, to replace Fred Jones who had been appointed New Zealand's High Commissioner to Australia.
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Russell Calvert returned to the council in another by-election in July 1961 and then stood unsuccessfully for mayor in 1962.
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Russell Calvert served for one term as mayor from 1965 to 1968 when he was defeated by Jim Barnes.
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Russell Calvert was then re-elected to the council mid-term in a 1970 by-election before standing for mayor unsuccessfully one last time in 1971.
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Russell Calvert was the chairman of many committees and on a number of executive boards during his career, including being chairman of the Clutha Valley Development Commission, looking at hydro-electric power development in the area.
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Russell Calvert was on the Town and Country Planning Appeal Board for four terms.