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♂ Richard Albert Bell
aliasDick Bell
Record
3908 · 6660

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 2 6
Birth 4 September 1913 → 110 years + 9 months ago
Lived 74 years + 6 months
First mandate 10 June 1957 → 67 years + 6 days ago
↳ at age 43 years + 9 months
Death 20 March 1988 → 36 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 8 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Richard Albert Bell (1913-1988)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 8 5 9

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 25
PC
 1 Minister 48–49 09 Aug 1962 — 21 Apr 1963 0 8 12
 1. Citizenship and Immigration

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ C. Lloyd Francis  m  (4 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 55,274 Votes: 45,570 Participation: 82.44% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24042(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
PC
 1/4 27,865 61.78% +12,567 Loser:
LIB
 15,298 33.92% Frank E. Dunlap

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 55,274 Votes: 48,525 Participation: 87.79% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24308(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
PC
 1/4 32,741 67.47% +19,089 Loser:
LIB
 13,652 28.13% George Humble

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 62,180 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24585(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/4 32,125 51.66% +6,016 Loser:
LIB
 26,109 41.99% C. Lloyd Francis

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 67,336 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24849(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
PC
 2/4 31,168 46.29% -1,157 Winner:
LIB
 32,325 48.01% C. Lloyd Francis
Eligible: 89,318 Votes: 74,342 Participation: 83.23% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25118(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
52
PC
 1/3 32,456 43.90% +933 Loser:
LIB
 31,523 42.64% C. Lloyd Francis

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,145 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10004(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
PC
 2/3 16,392 36.31% -7,358 Winner:
LIB
 23,750 52.61% C. Lloyd Francis

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Richard Albert Bell, P.C., Q.C., M.P.		  6 Jun 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Richard Albert Bell, C.P., c.r., député		  6 Jun 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dick Bell		  6 Jun 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Jun 2024 20:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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