George E. Bell

George E. Bell
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
August 8, 1944  June 17, 1963
Preceded by Donald McKinnon
Succeeded by District Abolished
Constituency Gleichen
Personal details
Born (1883-11-21)November 21, 1883
Died November 16, 1970(1970-11-16) (aged 86)
Political party Social Credit
Occupation politician

George Ernest Bell (November 21, 1883 November 16, 1970) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 to 1963 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Bell ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Gleichen for the 1944 Alberta general election. He ran in a hotly contested three way race defeating incumbent Donald McKinnon taking just over half the popular vote.[1]

Bell ran for a second term in the 1948 Alberta general election. He ran in a two way race against Independent candidate Jonathan Wheatley easily defeating him with a near landslide majority to return to office.[2]

The 1952 Alberta general election would see Bell run for his third term in office. He ran for re-election in a three way and despite losing some of his popular vote managed to win easily.[3]

Bell ran for a fourth term in office in the 1955 Alberta general election. He ran in a hotly contested two way race against Liberal candidate Carman Ellis. Bell held his seat defeating Ellis by 128 votes.[4]

Ellis would challenge Bell for the second time in the 1959 Alberta general election. This time Bell would win a landslide majority to earn his fifth term while Ellis finished a distant third place in the three way race.[5]

Bell retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1963.

References

  1. "Gleichen results 1944". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  2. "Gleichen results 1948". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  3. "Gleichen results 1952". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  4. "Gleichen results 1955". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  5. "Gleichen results 1959". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.

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