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♂ Robert Bell
aliasRobert Bell
Record
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Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 8 June 1832 → 191 years + 10 months ago
Lived 74 years + 8 months
First mandate 18 January 1875 → 149 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 7 months
Death 11 February 1907 → 117 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 11 months after 26 February 1883
Special notes
None
 

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
Ontario 8 1 7 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Edward F. Clarke  m 
⊖ Joseph Tait  m 
 		 ⊖ Henry E. Clarke  m 
 
Eligible: 7,648 Votes: 4,230 Participation: 55.31% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Ontario
18 January 1875
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32834(F) — 26 Aug 2023 18:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LC
 1/2 2,145 50.71% +60 Loser:
LIB
 2,085 49.29% W. Thomson

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,123 Votes: 4,580 Participation: 45.24% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Ontario
5 June 1879
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32929(F) — 26 Aug 2023 18:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LC
 1/2 2,324 50.74% +68 Loser:
LIB
 2,256 49.26% A. Ogden

Service: 3 years 8 months 21 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,453 Votes: 5,134 Participation: 44.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Ontario
27 February 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33017(F) — 31 Dec 2022 16:39 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
LC
 2,634 52.05% Henry E. Clarke
Eligible: 43,265 Votes: 31,400 Participation: 36.28% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33297(F) — 26 Aug 2023 18:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
57
CER
 6/7 4,001 38.22% -1,358 Winner:
LIB
 5,359 51.20% Joseph Tait

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert MP Bell		 26 Aug 2023
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Robert Bell		 26 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Robert Bell		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Robert Bell (Toronto politician)		 26 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Aug 2023 18:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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