Adam Carr Bell (November 11, 1847 – October 30, 1912) was a

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politician. Born in

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, the son of Basil Bell and Mary Carr, Bell was educated in New Glasgow, Sackville Academy, and Glasgow University.The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography of living characters
/ref> From 1876 to 1877, he was the first mayor of

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(he was mayor again from 1884 to 1885). He was elected to the

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in 1878. In 1882, he was Provincial Secretary in the cabinet of John Thompson. From 1882 to 1887 he was the

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Party leader and

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. In

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, he was elected to the

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for the electoral district of

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. A

, he was re-elected in

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. He was defeated in

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and

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. In 1911, he was summoned to the

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on the advice of

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representing the senatorial division of Pictou, Nova Scotia. He died in office the following year in 1912.

Electoral history

References

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