Colin John Bell (born 18 May 1941) is a former Australian politician who was a

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member of the

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from 1983 to 1989, representing Lower West Province. Bell was born in Bunbury, and attended

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. A dairy farmer at Capel before entering politics, he served several terms as president of the dairy section of the Primary Industry Association and also on the board of the Australia Dairy Corporation. Bell entered parliament at the 1983 state election, replacing the retiring Neil McNeill in Lower West Province. He served a single six-year term before losing Liberal Party

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prior to the 1989 election. Bell moved to the eastern states after leaving parliament, living for periods in rural New South Wales, on the Gold Coast (where he owned a limousine company), and in rural Victoria, eventually retiring to Melbourne.Colin John Bell
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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