Brendan Bell (politician)

Brendan Bell (born August 17, 1971 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American-born Canadian territorial level politician and former cabinet minister.^[1]

He was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Yellowknife South district defeating former Yellowknife Mayor Pat McMahon. He was re-elected by acclamation in the 2003 Northwest Territories general election.^{[citation needed]}

At the beginning of his second term he was appointed to the Executive Council and has been appointed to three portfolios as Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Minister of Justice^[2] and Minister Responsible for the Homeless.

He entered federal politics, where he contested the Western Arctic electoral district under the Conservative Party of Canada banner for the 2008 Canadian federal election but lost by 4.4% or 595 votes to incumbent NDP MP Dennis Bevington.^{[citation needed]}

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Northwest Territories
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dennis Bevington	5,669	41.44	−0.99	$39,961
	Conservative	Brendan Bell	5,146	37.62	+17.14	$84,329
	Liberal	Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott	1,858	13.58	−21.7	$37,884
	Green	Sam Gamble	752	5.49	+3.65	$9,010
	First Peoples National	Noeline Villebrun	252	1.84	–	–
Total valid votes			13,677	100.0
Total rejected ballots			56	0.41
Turnout			13,733	47.71
Eligible voters			28,787
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−9.06

References

^ The Canadian Parliamentary Guide - Thomson Gale, Gale Group. 2008-10-16. ISBN 9780787635602. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
^ "Members of the 15th Assembly". Northwest Territories. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2012.

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by Seamus Henry	MLA Yellowknife South 1999-2007	Succeeded by Bob McLeod

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[1] The Canadian Parliamentary Guide - Thomson Gale, Gale Group. 2008-10-16. ISBN 9780787635602. Retrieved 2017-05-23.

[2] "Members of the 15th Assembly". Northwest Territories. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2012.

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