Bob Bell (politician)
Robert Linfield (Bob) Bell (23 August 1929 – 16 November 2011) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Biography
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1975–1978 | 38th | Gisborne | National | |
| 1978–1981 | 39th | Gisborne | National | |
| 1981–1984 | 40th | Gisborne | National | |
Bell was born in Blenheim in 1929. He received his education at Christchurch Boys' High School, Horowhenua College, and Feilding Agricultural High School. He graduated from Lincoln College in 1951.[1]
He married Anne Wilkinson, and they were to have three children: Nigel Linfield Bell, Nicola Anne Bell, and Phillipa Tracey Bell.
Bell joined the National Party in 1958, and was chair of the Kaiti branch from 1962 to 1978.[1] He represented the Gisborne electorate in Parliament from 1975 to 1984,[2] when he was defeated by Allan Wallbank.[3]
Bell died on 16 November 2011 in Tauranga, aged 82.[4][5]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gustafson 1986, p. 299.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 183.
- ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 243.
- ↑ "BELL, Robert (Bob) Linfield". Sunlive. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ↑ "Obituaries — Allan Frederick Peachey, Robert Linfield Bell, Manu Alamein Kopu". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
References
- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.