♂ John H. Bell
 Methodist |
Record 3887 · 5406 |
|||||||||||||||||
| Type of record Elected candidate ✓ Known but unelected candidate Perennial candidate |
Deceased | Performance: 80%
|
||||||||||||||||
| Birth | Death | Lived | Died in office |
| 13 December 1846 (177 years 4 months ago) |
29 January 1929 (95 years 2 months ago) |
82 years 1 month | No |
Family tie with other documented individual
| Who | ...is/was his | Note | |
| Cornelius Howatt (1810–1895) | Father-in-law | Bell was married to Helen, Howatt's daughter. |
Service in elected office
| Legislature | Total | Government | Opposition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Edward Island |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total > |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The calculations in years, months and days are approximate and might be off by a few days due to the base date used for these calculations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leadership roles
| Duration | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Legislature | Party | M | Int | Role | Age | Dates | y | m | d | |
| 1. | PE | 37–39 | LIB | 1 | Party leader | 68–76 | 13 Jul 1915 — 25 Jul 1923 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2. | PE | 38 | LIB | 1 | Opposition Leader | 68–72 | 15 Sep 1915 — 23 Jul 1919 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |
| 3. | PE | 39 | LIB | 1 | Premier | 72–76 | 24 Jul 1919 — 23 Jul 1923 | 3 | 11 | 29 | |
Electoral history
| → 10 recorded electoral participations → 11 electoral path points |
→ 4 documented challengers: |
George W.W. Bentley m (3 runoffs) T. Whitfield Bentley m Augustus E.C. Holland m Alfred A. Lefurgey m (2 runoffs) |
|||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 30 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th | |||||||
| 30 May 1886 | Age: 39 |
→ New to this legislature | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/4 | LIB | 51.07% | 715 of 2,799 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 49.79% | 697 (-18) | Jesse S. Burns m | |||||
| ID: 26511(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:40 ET | Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 31 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th | |||||||
| 30 January 1890 | Age: 43 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 2/4 | LIB | 50.67% | 758 of 2,991 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | LIB | 49.60% | 742 (-16) | Jesse S. Burns m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 9 April 1891 > | ?? | CONS | → | LIB | |||||
| ID: 26526(F) — 12 Jul 2023 16:32 ET | Service: 3 years 10 months 12 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 32 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Councillor | |||||||
| 13 December 1893 | Age: 47 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 54.46% | 757 of 927 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 45.54% | 633 (-124) | George W.W. Bentley m ( 51 ) | |||||
| ID: 26550(F) — 5 Jan 2023 17:42 ET | Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 33 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 21 July 1897 | Age: 50 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 59.59% | 780 of 1,309 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 40.41% | 529 (-251) | Malcolm Ross m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 15 November 1898 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran federally | ||||
| ID: 26579(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:20 ET | Service: 1 year 3 months 25 days (Gov't) | Exit from legislature → | |||||||
| Federal Ass.: 8 |
Prince Edward Island | East Prince | |||||||
| 14 December 1898 | Age: 52 |
→ New to Parliament | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 50.58% | 1,979 of 3,913 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 49.42% | 1,934 (-45) | Alfred A. Lefurgey m ( 27 ) | |||||
| ID: 20264(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET | Service: 1 year 10 months 23 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 33 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 2 February 1899 | Age: 52 |
Incumbent did not run in this election | |||||||
| By-Election | |||||||||
| Successor > | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Samuel E. Reid m ( 44 ) | |||||
| ID: 26638(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:10 ET | |||||||||
| Federal Ass.: 9 |
Prince Edward Island | East Prince | |||||||
| 7 November 1900 | Age: 53 |
Defeated incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/2 | LIB | 47.40% | 2,047 of 4,319 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 52.60% | 2,272 (+225) | Alfred A. Lefurgey m ( 29 ) | |||||
| ID: 20414(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET | |||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 38 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 15 September 1915 | Age: 68 |
→ Returned to this legislature after hiatus | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 53.10% | 797 of 1,501 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 46.90% | 704 (-93) | Samuel Kennedy m | |||||
| ID: 25390(F) — 11 Oct 2021 20:25 ET | Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 39 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 24 July 1919 | Age: 72 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| General | ✓ | 1/2 | LIB | 52.39% | 834 of 1,592 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Loser > | CONS | 47.61% | 758 (-76) | John W. Warren m | |||||
| Post-Election... | |||||||||
| 2 September 1919 > | ?? | LIB | → | Vac. | Resigned: Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election | ||||
| ID: 25424(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:52 ET | Service: 0 year 1 month 9 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 39 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 3 October 1919 | Age: 72 |
Re-elected incumbent | |||||||
| By-Election | ✓ | 1/1 | LIB | 0.00% | 0 of 0 | Elig.: n/a | Parti.: n/a | ||
| By acclamation | |||||||||
| ID: 25439(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:15 ET | Service: 3 years 9 months 20 days (Gov't) | ||||||||
| Provincial Ass.: 40 |
Prince Edward Island | Prince 4th - Assemblyman | |||||||
| 24 July 1923 | Age: 76 |
Defeated incumbent (Party leader) | Exit from legislature → | ||||||
| General | ✗ | 2/3 | LIB | 40.27% | 1,147 of 2,848 | Elig.: inc. | Parti.: inc. | ||
| Winner > | CONS | 51.23% | 1,459 (+312) | T. Whitfield Bentley m ( 39 ) | |||||
| ID: 25463(F) — 11 Oct 2021 20:27 ET | |||||||||
| → 8 online biographical references |
||
| Lg | Hyperlink | Retrieved on |
| EN | Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Bell, John Howatt | 15 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Dictionnaire biographique du Canada: Bell, John Howatt | 15 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.]): Bell, John Howatt | 15 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo): John Howatt Bell, K.C., M.P. | 15 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo): John Howatt Bell, C.R., député | 15 Apr 2024 |
| EN | UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly: John Howatt Bell | 15 Apr 2024 |
| EN | Wikipedia: John Howatt Bell | 15 Apr 2024 |
| FR | Wikipédia: John Howatt Bell | 15 Apr 2024 |
Rev.: 15 Apr 2024 @ 21:25 ET
Gen.: 19 Apr 2024 @ 08:55 ET
Gen.: 19 Apr 2024 @ 08:55 ET