Welland Gemmell

Welland Gemmell

Welland Stewart Gemmell was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Sudbury in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1948 until his death in 1954.

A member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Gemmell won the election in 1948 following a rift in the Sudbury area's labour movement which resulted in vote splitting between incumbent MPP Robert Carlin and a new CCF candidate.

Gemmell was appointed to the cabinet of Leslie Frost, serving as Minister of Mines from May 4, 1949 to June 3, 1952, and thereafter as Minister of Lands and Forests until June 18, 1954.

A byelection was not called to replace Gemmell following his death; the Sudbury riding instead remained vacant until it was won by Gerald Monaghan in the 1955 provincial election.


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