Hannah Bell
{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1969)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:Hannah Bell at the 2018 Green Party of Ontario Convention (3x4 crop).jpg
| name = Hannah E. Bell
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|8|9}}
| birth_place = Farnborough, England
| residence = Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Charlottetown-Parkdale
| term_start1 = 13 December 2017
| term_end1 = 26 March 2019
| predecessor1 = Doug Currie
| successor1 = Riding dissolved
| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Charlottetown-Belvedere
| term_start2 = 23 April 2019
| term_end2 = 6 March 2023
| predecessor2 = Riding established
| successor2 = Susie Dillon
| party = Green
| religion =
| occupation =
}}
Hannah Bell (born 9 August 1969){{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.assembly.pe.ca/files/Historical%20MLA%20Bios/B-2.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |title=Minding the House: a biorgraphical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume II), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) |accessdate=2021-04-04}} is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2017 to 2023. She represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Belvedere as a member of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island. She was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2025 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election.
Biography
Bell was born on 9 August 1969. She has a Master of Business Administration in Innovative Management degree from the University of Prince Edward Island.{{Cite web |title=Hannah Bell {{!}} Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/members/hannah-bell |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.assembly.pe.ca}} Prior to entering provincial politics, she was the executive director of the PEI Business Women's Association (founded in 1994) for five years. Previously, she had been an employee of Veterans Affairs Canada.{{cite web |title=PEI Business Women's Association - Hannah Bell MBA |url=http://www.peibwa.org/Hannah-Bell/ |publisher=PEI Business Women's Association |accessdate=29 March 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329225436/http://www.peibwa.org/Hannah-Bell/ |url-status=dead |archivedate=29 March 2019}} She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 13 December 2017 to 6 March 2023.{{cite web |date=27 November 2017 |title=Green party celebrates 'absolutely astounding' win in P.E.I. |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/green-party-celebrates-absolutely-astounding-win-in-p-e-i-1.3697763 |accessdate=9 April 2018 |website=CTV News |publisher=Canadian Press |location=Charlottetown}}{{cite web |last1=Yarr |first1=Kevin |date=13 December 2017 |title=Hannah Bell, P.E.I.'s 2nd Green Party MLA, sworn into legislature |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-hannah-bell-sworn-in-1.4445991 |accessdate=13 December 2017 |publisher=CBC News |location=Charlottetown, PEI}}[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-district-11-win-byelection-polls-polling-station-eastlink-centre-1.4421127 "Green's Hannah Bell wins District 11 byelection by 157 votes"]. CBC News Prince Edward Island, 27 November 2017. She represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Belvedere as a member of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island.{{Cite web |title=Hannah Bell | Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/members/hannah-bell |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island}} She decided not to run in the 2023 Prince Edward Island general election for re-election. She also has a daughter and is a single mother.{{Cite news |last=Yarr |first=Kevin |date=23 January 2023 |title=It can be difficult to set boundaries as an MLA, says departing Hannah Bell |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-hannah-bell-exits-1.6723216 |access-date=16 June 2025 |work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} She ran for the leader of the Green Party of PEI in 2025, she announced her candidacy on February 24, 2025.{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Hannah Bell wants to get back into politics as the P.E.I. Green Party leader |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-hannah-bell-green-leadership-1.7466589 |website=CBC News}} She lost with 147 (22.4%) votes to Matt MacFarlane, who got 507 (77.5%) votes.{{Cite web |last=Thibodeau |first=Wayne |date=7 June 2025 |title=Matt MacFarlane chosen as leader of P.E.I. Green Party |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-green-party-permanent-leader-leadership-convention-1.7555398 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} She stated that some issues that many people in PEI deal with are, "Housing and grocery affordability, a struggling healthcare system, the climate crisis and environmental degradation, and global political instability and the spread of disinformation".{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-02-25 |title=Hannah Bell’s Leadership Bid Could Reshape PEI Greens’ Path Forward |url=https://globalgreen.news/hannah-bells-leadership-bid-could-reshape-pei-greens-path-forward/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Global Green News |language=en-CA}}
Electoral record
{{CANelec/top|PE|2019|Charlottetown-Belvedere|percent=yes|change=yes|by=no}}
{{CANelec|PE|Green|Hannah Bell|1,286|40.40|+5.20}}
{{CANelec|PE|PC|Ronnie Carragher|998|31.30|+4.38}}
{{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Roxanne Carter-Thompson|846|26.60|-1.90}}
{{CANelec|PE|NDP|Trevor Leclerc|55|1.7|-7.98}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|3,185|100.00}}
{{CANelec/hold|PE|Green|+4.79}}
{{CANelec/source|{{cite web |title=Elections PEI: 2019 Election Results |url=http://results.electionspei.ca/provincial/results_2019/district11.html |website=results.electionspei.ca |publisher=Elections PEI |accessdate=28 April 2019 |date=23 April 2019 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427201851/http://results.electionspei.ca/provincial/results_2019/district11.html |url-status=dead }}}}
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{{CANelec/top|PE|27 November 2017|Charlottetown-Parkdale|percent=yes|change=yes|by=yes|reason=Resignation of Doug Currie}}
{{CANelec|PE|Green|Hannah Bell|768|35.44|+16.29}}
{{CANelec|PE|Liberal|Bob Doiron|611|28.20|-15.50}}
{{CANelec|PE|PC|Melissa Hilton|586|27.04|+0.84}}
{{CANelec|PE|NDP|Michael Redmond|202|9.34|-1.60}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|2,167|100 }}
{{CANelec/gain|PE|Green|Liberal|+15.90}}
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.assembly.pe.ca/hannahbell}}
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Category:Politicians from Charlottetown
Category:Green Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs
Category:Women MLAs in Prince Edward Island
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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