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♂ John Howatt Bell
aliasJohn Bell
Record
3887 · 5406

Methodist   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Prince Edward Island 7 1 8
Total 8 2 10
Birth 13 December 1846 → 177 years + 4 months ago
Lived 82 years + 1 month
First mandate 30 May 1886 → 137 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 5 months
Death 29 January 1929 → 95 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 6 months after 23 July 1923
Special notes
None
 
John Howatt Bell (1846–1929)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Cornelius Howatt (1810–1895) Father-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 1 10 22
Prince Edward Island 20 2 19 Z
TOTAL 22 1 11

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

Races 10  
Path points 11  
4 documented challengers
⊖ George W.W. Bentley  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Augustus E.C. Holland  m 
 		 ⊖ T. Whitfield Bentley  m 
⊖ Alfred A. Lefurgey  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,799 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1886
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 26511(F) — 13 Feb 2022 16:40 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 2/4 715 51.07% +18 Loser:
LIB
 697 49.79% Jesse S. Burns

Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,991 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Prince Edward Island
30 January 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
 LIB  9 Apr 1891
ID: 26526(F) — 12 Jul 2023 16:32 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 2/4 758 50.67% +16 Loser:
LIB
 742 49.60% Jesse S. Burns
After his election:
9 Apr 1891 44
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 10 months 12 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 927 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Prince Edward Island
13 December 1893
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26550(F) — 5 Jan 2023 17:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 757 54.46% +124 Loser:
CONS
 633 45.54% George W.W. Bentley

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,309 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
21 July 1897
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26579(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 780 59.59% +251 Loser:
CONS
 529 40.41% Malcolm Ross
After his election:
15 Nov 1898 51
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 1 year 3 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,913 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Prince Edward Island
14 December 1898
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20264(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,979 50.58% +45 Loser:
CONS
 1,934 49.42% Alfred A. Lefurgey

Service: 1 year 10 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
33		 Prince Edward Island
2 February 1899
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26638(F) — 13 Feb 2022 17:10 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Samuel E. Reid
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,319 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
9		 Prince Edward Island
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20414(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 2,047 47.40% -225 Winner:
CONS
 2,272 52.60% Alfred A. Lefurgey
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,501 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25390(F) — 11 Oct 2021 20:25 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 797 53.10% +93 Loser:
CONS
 704 46.90% Samuel Kennedy

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,592 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25424(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
72
LIB
 1/2 834 52.39% +76 Loser:
CONS
 758 47.61% John W. Warren
After his election:
2 Sep 1919 72
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 1 month 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
3 October 1919
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25439(F) — 14 Oct 2022 13:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
72
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,848 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25463(F) — 11 Oct 2021 20:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
76
LIB
 2/3 1,147 40.27% -312 Winner:
CONS
 1,459 51.23% T. Whitfield Bentley

Online biographical references (6)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  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

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