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♂ Morley Myers Bell
aliasMorley Bell
Record
3900 · 5572

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Birth 14 January 1894 → 130 years + 4 months ago
Lived 82 years + 5 months
First mandate 19 December 1945 → 78 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 11 months
Death 2 July 1976 → 47 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 10 months after 31 August 1959
Special notes
None
 
Morley Myers Bell (1894–1976)
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 6 2 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ G. Lorne Monkley  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 620 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
19 December 1945
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25650(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 569 91.77% +518 Loser:
CCF
 51 8.23% Douglas H. MacFarlane

Service: 1 year 11 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,574 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25739(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 1,440 55.94% +306 Loser:
PC
 1,134 44.06% Gerald B. Sheen

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,806 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25770(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
LIB
 2/2 1,263 45.01% -280 Winner:
PC
 1,543 54.99% G. Lorne Monkley
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,999 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25802(F) — 14 Feb 2022 21:31 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
68
LIB
 2/2 1,396 46.55% -207 Winner:
PC
 1,603 53.45% G. Lorne Monkley

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Bell, Q.C., Morley Myers		 15 Apr 2024
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Morley Myers Bell		 15 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Morley Bell		 15 Apr 2024

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