Dick Bell

The Honourable
Richard Albert Bell
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
In office
August 9, 1962 – April 22, 1963
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker
Preceded by Ellen Fairclough
Succeeded by Guy Favreau
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Carleton
In office
June 10, 1957 – April 8, 1963
Preceded by George A. Drew
Succeeded by Cyril Lloyd Francis
In office
November 8, 1965 – June 25, 1968
Preceded by Cyril Lloyd Francis
Succeeded by Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born (1913-09-04)September 4, 1913
Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Died March 20, 1988(1988-03-20) (aged 74)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Profession Politician

Richard Albert "Dick" Bell, PC (September 4, 1913 – March 20, 1988) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Carleton from 1957 to 1963 and from 1965 to 1968.

He was born at Britannia Bay in Nepean Township, Ontario in 1913. He served as solicitor for Nepean Township and the City of Nepean.

Elected as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament in the government of John Diefenbaker, Bell was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 1962 to 1963.

Dick Bell Park on the Ottawa River, home of the Nepean Sailing Club, was named in his honour.

He died in Ottawa in 1988. He is buried in Pinecrest Cemetery in Ottawa.

The family home, "Fairfields", 3080 Richmond Rd. where he was born and died was donated to the city of Ottawa in 2000. Fairfields Heritage Property was built in the 1840s. The residence was rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style after a fire in 1870. The heritage home, which sits on 1.84 acres of the prominent Bell family’s once extensive farm, was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, held June 2 and 3, 2012.[1]

He was one of the founding partners of the law firm Bell Baker LLP located in Ottawa, Ontario.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell32,45643.90–2.39
LiberalLloyd Francis31,52342.64–5.37
New DemocraticDonald V. Stirling9,95313.46+8.79
Total valid votes 73,932100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.49
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLloyd Francis32,32548.01+6.02
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell31,16846.29–5.40
New DemocraticLewis Hanley3,1444.67–0.19
Social CreditHarold Herbert Splett6991.04–0.44
Total valid votes 67,336100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +5.71
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell32,12551.66–15.81
LiberalLloyd Francis26,10941.99+13.86
New DemocraticLewis Hanley3,0244.86+1.20
Social CreditHarold Herbert Splett9221.48+0.75
Total valid votes 62,180100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –14.84
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell32,74167.47+5.69
LiberalGeorge Humble13,65228.13–5.79
Co-operative CommonwealthStewart I. Crawford1,7773.66+0.70
Social CreditGrace Gough3550.73–0.62
Total valid votes 48,525100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.74
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell27,86561.78+6.53
LiberalFrank Egan Dunlap15,29833.92–6.34
Co-operative CommonwealthStewart I. Crawford1,3342.96+0.01
Social CreditEric Kingsley Fallis6071.35–0.19
Total valid votes 45,104100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.44

References

  1. ↑ http://ottawa.ca/doorsopen Doors Open Ottawa


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