Brendan Bell (born August 17, 1971 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American-born Canadian territorial level politician and former cabinet minister.[1]
Brendan Bell | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for Yellowknife South | |
| In office 1999–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Seamus Henry |
| Succeeded by | Bob McLeod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 17, 1971 |
He was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Yellowknife South district, defeating former Yellowknife mayor Pat McMahon by just 12 votes.[2] He was re-elected by acclamation in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election.[citation needed]
At the beginning of his second term he was appointed to the Executive Council and has been appointed to three portfolios as Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Minister of Justice[3] and Minister Responsible for the Homeless.
He entered federal politics, where he contested the Western Arctic electoral district under the Conservative Party of Canada banner for the 2008 Canadian federal election but lost by 4.4% or 595 votes to incumbent NDP MP Dennis Bevington.[citation needed]
Electoral record
edit| 2008 Canadian federal election: Western Arctic | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bevington | 5,669 | 41.45 | –0.71 | $39,369.13 | |||
| Conservative | Brendan Bell | 5,146 | 37.63 | +17.79 | $84,014.56 | |||
| Liberal | Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott | 1,858 | 13.58 | –21.40 | $37,149.36 | |||
| Green | Sam Gamble | 752 | 5.50 | +3.40 | $9,009.53 | |||
| First Peoples National | Noeline Villebrun | 252 | 1.84 | – | $2,738.15 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 13,677 | 99.59 | – | $84,911.89 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 56 | 0.41 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,733 | 47.71 | –8.51 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 28,787 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –9.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
References
edit- ↑ The Canadian Parliamentary Guide - Thomson Gale, Gale Group. 2008-10-16. ISBN 9780787635602. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ↑ "Candidate keeps seat after N.W.T. recount". Whitehorse Star, December 14, 1999.
- ↑ "Members of the 15th Assembly". Northwest Territories. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Fortieth General Election 2008 — Poll-by-poll Results: Western Arctic". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2008.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2008). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2008 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
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