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Malcolm Smith Schell (November 13, 1855 – December 25, 1926) was a
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politician. Born in
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, near
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, Canada West, son of Jacob Schell and Catherine Smith. He is Great Grandson of Johann Christian Schell, a Palatine German from German Flatts, New York who died fighting for the Americans in 1782 on his farm. The family moved to Canada after the American Revolution to take advantage of the land available in Ontario. Schell was educated at public schools and Woodstock College. An agriculturist, a lumberman and a produce exporter, he was elected to the
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for the Ontario electoral district of
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in the federal election of
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. A
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, he was re-elected in
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and was defeated in
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and
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. His brother Jacob Thomas also served in the House of Commons.


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* 1855 births 1926 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Oxford County, Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub