# Adam Carr Bell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Carr_Bell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Carr_Bell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Carr_Bell > Source revision: 1349752389 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian politician (1847–1912)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Hon. | name = Adam Carr Bell | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | office = [Senator](/source/Senate_of_Canada) for Pictou, Nova Scotia | term_start = October 23, 1911 | term_end = October 30, 1912 | appointer = [Robert Borden](/source/Robert_Borden) | constituency_MP2 = [Pictou](/source/Pictou_(federal_electoral_district)) | parliament2 = Canadian | predecessor2 = [Charles Hibbert Tupper](/source/Charles_Hibbert_Tupper) | successor2 = [Edward Mortimer Macdonald](/source/Edward_Mortimer_Macdonald) | term_start2 = 1896 | term_end2 = 1904 | office3 = Member of the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) for Pictou | term_start3 = 1878 | term_end3 = 1887 | birth_date = {{birth date|1847|11|11}} | birth_place = [Pictou](/source/Pictou), [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|10|30|1847|11|11}} | death_place = [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}} | spouse = | party = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)) | other_party = [Nova Scotia Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia) | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = Provincial Secretary (1882) }} '''Adam Carr Bell''' (November 11, 1847 – October 30, 1912) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15066|nolist=yes}} Born in [Pictou, Nova Scotia](/source/Pictou%2C_Nova_Scotia), the son of Basil Bell and Mary Carr, Bell was educated in New Glasgow, Sackville Academy, and Glasgow University.[https://archive.org/details/canadianmenwomen00morguoft The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography of living characters] From 1876 to 1877, he was the first mayor of [New Glasgow, Nova Scotia](/source/New_Glasgow%2C_Nova_Scotia) (he was mayor again from 1884 to 1885). He was elected to the [Nova Scotia House of Assembly](/source/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly) in 1878. In 1882, he was Provincial Secretary in the cabinet of [John Thompson](/source/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson). From 1882 to 1887 he was the [Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia) Party leader and [Leader of the Opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Nova_Scotia)). In [1896](/source/1896_Canadian_federal_election), he was elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) for the electoral district of [Pictou](/source/Pictou_(federal_electoral_district)). A [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)), he was re-elected in [1900](/source/1900_Canadian_federal_election). He was defeated in [1904](/source/1904_Canadian_federal_election) and [1911](/source/1911_Canadian_federal_election). In 1911, he was summoned to the [Senate of Canada](/source/Senate_of_Canada) on the advice of [Robert Borden](/source/Robert_Borden) representing the senatorial division of Pictou, Nova Scotia. He died in office the following year in 1912. == Electoral history == {{1887 Canadian federal election/Pictou}} {{1896 Canadian federal election/Pictou}} {{1900 Canadian federal election/Pictou}} {{1904 Canadian federal election/Pictou}} {{1911 Canadian federal election/Pictou}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before = N/A | title = [Leader of the Opposition of the Province of Nova Scotia](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Nova_Scotia)) | years = 1882-1887 | after = [William McKay](/source/William_McKay_(politician)) }} {{end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Adam}} Category:1847 births Category:1912 deaths Category:Canadian senators from Nova Scotia Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Category:Politicians from Pictou County Category:19th-century mayors of places in Nova Scotia Category:Nova Scotia political party leaders Category:19th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Category:20th-century members of the Senate of Canada --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adam Carr Bell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Carr_Bell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Carr_Bell?action=history)). 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