Nancy Bell

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1924–1989)}}

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|name = Ann Elizabeth Haddon "Nancy" Bell

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|office = Senator from British Columbia, Canada

|term_start = October 7, 1970

|term_end = November 29, 1989

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|primeminister = Pierre Trudeau

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|governor_general = Roland Michener

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|constituency = Nanaimo—Malaispina, British Columbia, Canada

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|26}}

|birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

|death_date = {{death date and age|1989|11|29|1924|5|26}}

|death_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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{{For|the British translator and author|Nancy Bell (author)}}

Ann Elizabeth Haddon "Nancy" Heath Bell (May 26, 1924 – November 29, 1989) was a Canadian senator.{{cite news |title=Nancy Bell, 65 independent voice in Senate |work=Toronto Star |date=December 1, 1989}}

She was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1970 and sat as a Liberal representing Nanaimo-Malaspina, British Columbia. Independently minded, she did not believe in party discipline and often voted against legislation proposed by the Liberal government. She was a supporter of the monarchy and opposed the renaming of Dominion Day to Canada Day.

In 1985, Bell left the Liberal Party to sit as an Independent Senator. Bell died of cancer in 1989 at a hospital in Victoria, while still in office.