David Bell (17 April 1828 – 23 November 1894) was an Australian politician.
He was born at
Maitland
Maitland is an English and Scottish surname. It arrived in Britain after the Norman conquest of 1066. There are two theories about its source. It is either a nickname reference to "bad temper/disposition" (Old French, ''Maltalent''; Anglo Norm ...
to overseer Robert Bell. Little is known of him, but he was an unmarried pastoralist who probably held runs at
Geogola and
Spring Flat. In 1861 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
for
Camden, but he did not re-contest in 1864. Bell died in
Dubbo
Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021.
The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ...
in 1894.
References
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1828 births
1894 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians