Thomas Hamilton Bell (November 12, 1878 – March 14, 1939) was a politician in

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. He was a

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member of the

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from 1929 to 1934 who represented the downtown

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riding of

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Background

He was born in Wellington County, the son of James R. Bell and Barbara Finley. Bell was educated in

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, Orangeville and

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. 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.

Politics

Bell ran in the 1929 provincial election as the

candidate in the

riding of

. He defeated Liberal candidate George Watson by 3,749 votes. He sat as a backbench supporter in the government of

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. In the 1934 election he was defeated by Liberal candidate

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by 3,973 votes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Thomas H. 1878 births 1939 deaths Politicians from Toronto Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario