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♂ John H. Bell
aliasJohn H. Bell
Record
3886 · 14017

Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 1 0 1
Birth 6 September 1840 → 183 years + 7 months ago
Lived 56 years + 6 months
First mandate 23 January 1883 → 141 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 4 months
Death 16 March 1897 → 127 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 3 months after 8 December 1886
Special notes
None
 
John H. Bell (1840–1897)
© Photo Grand Lodge of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 3 10 15 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Charles B. Edie  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 331 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28384(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 1/2 169 51.06% +7 Loser:
CONS
 162 48.94% Charles B. Edie

Service: 3 years 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 652 Votes: 399 Participation: 61.20% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36488(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
CONS
 204 51.13% Thomas H. Smith

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Bell, John Hedley		 25 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Bell, John Hedley		 25 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
John Hedley Bell (1840-1897)		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Hedley Bell		 25 Feb 2024

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