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♂ George Alexander Bell
aliasGeorge Bell
Record
3872 · 9225

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 4 0 4
Birth 3 August 1856 → 167 years + 9 months ago
Lived 71 years + 1 month
First mandate 14 August 1908 → 115 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 52 years
Death 13 September 1927 → 96 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 1 month after 1 August 1918
Special notes
None
 

George Alexander Bell (1856–1927)
No photo available
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
Saskatchewan 9 10 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 2,150 Votes: 1,354 Participation: 62.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Saskatchewan
14 August 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31075(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 828 61.15% +302 Loser:
PRP
 526 38.85% Henry Yardley

Service: 3 years 10 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,694 Votes: 1,653 Participation: 61.36% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
11 July 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31126(F) — 9 Mar 2022 08:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 1,087 65.76% +521 Loser:
CONS
 566 34.24% Henry Yardley
After his election:
1 Aug 1912 55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,694 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
3		 Saskatchewan
5 September 1912
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31175(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,018 Votes: 3,166 Participation: 78.80% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
26 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31193(F) — 9 Mar 2022 11:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,903 60.11% +640 Loser:
CONS
 1,263 39.89% James Hill
After his election:
1 Aug 1918 61
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 1 month 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,018 Votes: 1,907 Participation: 47.46% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Saskatchewan
24 October 1918
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31311(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 1,220 63.97% Robert Dunbar

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Bell, George Alexander 1856 – 1927 (p. 3)		 02 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Alexander Bell		 02 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 21:04 (but data presented dynamically)

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