Morley Myers Bell was a lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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. He represented 5th Prince

5th Prince

5th Prince was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1996.The district comprised the city of Summerside.-Dual Member:...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

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 from 1946 to 1947 and from 1956 to 1959 as a Liberal

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party

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He was born in Tryon

Tryon, Prince Edward Island

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, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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, the son of Donald Bell and Eva Myers, and was educated at Prince of Wales College

Prince of Wales College

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. Bell served overseas during World War I

World War I

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. He articled with his uncle John Howatt Bell

John Howatt Bell

John Howatt Bell was a lawyer and politician from Prince Edward Island, and the 14th Premier of Prince Edward Island....

 and was called to the bar in 1918. In 1922, he married Flora Robinson. He served on the town council for Summerside

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

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 from 1940 to 1943. Bell was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1946 by-election held after Ernest Strong

Ernest Strong

Ernest Henry Strong was a lawyer, judge and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 5th Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1944 to 1945 as a Conservative....

ran for a federal seat. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1959. He served as a member of the board for Prince County Hospital for over 45 years.

Bell retired from the practice of law in 1973 and died three years later in Summerside at the age of 82.