Thomas Hamilton Bell
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas Hamilton Bell
| caption =
| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1929
| term_end = 1934
| predecessor = William Edwards
| successor = Arthur Roebuck
| constituency = Bellwoods
| party = Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|11|12}}
| birth_place = Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1939|3|14|1878|11|12}}
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| profession = Businessman
| spouse = Charlotte Wallace
| children =
}}
Thomas Hamilton Bell (November 12, 1878 – March 14, 1939) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1929 to 1934 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Bellwoods.
Background
He was born in Wellington County, the son of James R. Bell and Barbara Finley.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931 |year=1931 |last=Normandin |first=A L}} Bell was educated in Laurel, Toronto, Orangeville and London. In 1901, he married Charlotte Wallace. Bell was general manager and secretary-treasurer for an insurance company. He died of a hemorrhage in Toronto in 1939.{{cite news |title=Thomas H. Bell, former M.L.A. is dead at 60 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=March 15, 1939 |page=15}}
Politics
Bell ran in the 1929 provincial election as the Conservative candidate in the Toronto riding of Bellwoods. He defeated Liberal candidate George Watson by 3,749 votes.{{cite news |title=Provincial Election Results |newspaper=The Globe |date=October 31, 1929 |location=Toronto |page=5}} He sat as a backbench supporter in the government of Howard Ferguson. In the 1934 election he was defeated by Liberal candidate Arthur Roebuck by 3,973 votes.{{cite news |title=Detailed Election Results |newspaper=The Globe |date=June 21, 1934 |location=Toronto |page=3}}
References
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External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=thomas-hamilton-bell}}
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Category:Politicians from Toronto
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario