- John William Bell
John William Bell (
March 18 1838 –July 5 1901 ) was a farmer andOntario political figure. He representing Addington in theCanadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1882 to 1891 and from 1896 to 1901.He was born in Camden Township in
Upper Canada in 1838. He obtained a teaching certificate and taught for a number of years and then began farming. He continued to teach religious school and hold a weekly Bible class for the local Methodist church. Bell served as reeve in the township and, in 1879, served as warden for Lennox and Addington counties. In 1889, he supported a motion byWilliam Edward O'Brien which opposed the Jesuits' Estates Act. This legislation was opposed by the Orange Order, of which Bell was a member, because thepope would be involved in resolving the disposition of these properties inQuebec . Bell also opposed legislation restoring school rights for Roman Catholics inManitoba . In 1900, Bell was elected president of the World Council inNew York City for the Orange Order.He died on his farm in Camden Township in 1901 while still in office as an MP.
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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6553 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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