Malcolm Smith Schell was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in County of Oxford

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, near Woodstock

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, Canada West, son of Jacob Schell and Catherine Smith. He is Great Grandson of Johann Christian Schell, a Palatine German from German Flatts, New York who died fighting for the Americans in 1782 on his farm. The family moved to Canada after the American Revolution to take advantage of the land available in Ontario. Schell was educated at public schools and Woodstock College. An agriculturist, a lumberman and a produce exporter, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the Ontario electoral district of Oxford South

Oxford South

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 in the federal election of 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

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. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1908

Canadian federal election, 1908

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 and was defeated in 1911

Canadian federal election, 1911

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 and 1917

Canadian federal election, 1917

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.

His brother Jacob Thomas

Jacob Thomas Schell

Jacob Thomas Schell was a merchant and political figure. He represented Glengarry in the Canadian House of Commons from 1900 to 1908 as a Liberal member....

 also served in the House of Commons.

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