{{Short description|Canadian politician (1924–1989)}} {{For|the British translator and author|Nancy Bell (author)}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = The Honourable |name = Ann Elizabeth Haddon "Nancy" Bell |native_name = |native_name_lang = |alt = |caption = |order = |office = Canadian Senator<br />from British Columbia |term_start = October 7, 1970 |term_end = November 29, 1989 |alongside = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district. (e.g. United States Senators.)--> |deputy = |lieutenant = |monarch = |president = |prime_minister = Pierre Trudeau |taoiseach = |chancellor = |governor = |governor-general = |governor_general = Roland Michener |succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--> |predecessor = |successor = |constituency = Nanaimo—Malaispina, British Columbia, Canada |majority = |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|26}} |birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |death_date = {{death date and age|1989|11|29|1924|5|26}} |death_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |occupation = director |website = |}}
'''Ann Elizabeth Haddon "Nancy" Heath Bell''' (May 26, 1924 – November 29, 1989) was a Canadian senator.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Nancy Bell, 65 independent voice in Senate |work=Toronto Star |date=December 1, 1989}}</ref>
==Background== She was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1970 and sat as a Liberal representing Nanaimo-Malaspina, British Columbia. Independently minded, she did not believe in party discipline and often voted against legislation proposed by the Liberal government. She was a supporter of the monarchy and opposed the renaming of Dominion Day to Canada Day.<ref name=obit />
In 1985, Bell left the Liberal Party to sit as an Independent Senator.<ref name=obit /> Bell died of cancer in 1989 at a hospital in Victoria, while still in office.<ref name=obit />
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==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14216}}
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