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♂ Thomas Bell
aliasThomas Bell
Record
3920 · 9575

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 22 November 1863 → 160 years + 5 months ago
Lived 82 years
First mandate 29 October 1925 → 98 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 61 years + 11 months
Death 8 December 1945 → 78 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 10 years + 1 month after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Bell (1863–1945)
© Photo 1927 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Thomas M. Bell (1923–1996) Grandson  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 11 12

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Walter E. Foster  m 
⊖ Murray MacLaren  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ William M. Ryan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Robert T. Hayes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Allan G. McAvity  m 
 
Eligible: 41,028 Votes: 46,656 Participation: 56.86% Candidacies: 4
Federal
15		 New Brunswick
29 October 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21841(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:56 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
61
LC
 2/4 14,250 61.09% +4,902 Loser:
LIB
 9,348 40.07% Walter E. Foster
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 62
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 41,028 Votes: 40,114 Participation: 48.89% Candidacies: 4
Federal
16		 New Brunswick
14 September 1926
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22094(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LC
 2/4 12,310 61.38% +4,303 Loser:
LIB
 8,007 39.92% William M. Ryan

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,067 Votes: 49,815 Participation: 67.20% Candidacies: 4
Federal
17		 New Brunswick
28 July 1930
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22368(F) — 25 Jan 2022 19:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
66
LC
 2/4 16,395 65.82% +7,800 Loser:
LIB
 8,595 34.51% Allan G. McAvity

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,404 Votes: 31,534 Participation: 76.16% Candidacies: 4
Federal
18		 New Brunswick
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22640(F) — 25 Jan 2022 21:43 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
LIB
 15,125 47.96% William M. Ryan

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Bell, M.P.		 27 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Bell, député		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Bell (politician, born 1863)		 27 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Thomas Bell (homme politique)		 27 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 08:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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