Richard Albert Bell, (September 4, 1913 – March 20, 1988) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Carleton from 1957 to 1963 and from 1965 to 1968. He was born at

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Heights in

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in 1913. He served as solicitor for

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and the City of Nepean. Elected as a Progressive Conservative

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in the government of

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, Bell was

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from 1962 to 1963. Dick Bell Park on the Ottawa River, home of the

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, was named in his honour. He died in Ottawa in 1988. He is buried in Pinecrest Cemetery in Ottawa. The family home, "Fairfields", 3080 Richmond Rd. where he was born and died was donated to the city of Ottawa in 2000. Fairfields Heritage Property was built in the 1840s. The residence was rebuilt in the

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after a fire in 1870. The heritage home, which sits on 1.84 acres of the prominent Bell family's once extensive farm, was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in

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, held June 2 and 3, 2012. He was one of the founding partners of the law firm Bell Baker LLP located in Ottawa, Ontario.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Dick Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Ottawa Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 1913 births 1988 deaths

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