Lorne Bonnell Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Lorne Bonnell
Office:Senator for Murray River, Prince Edward Island
Appointed:Pierre Trudeau
Term Start:November 4, 1971
Term End:January 4, 1998
Office2:MLA (Assemblyman) for 4th Kings
Predecessor2:Daniel MacRae
Successor2:John Bonnell
Term Start2:April 26, 1951
Term End2:November 15, 1971
Birth Date:4 January 1923
Birth Place:Hopefield, Prince Edward Island
Birth Name:Mark Lorne Bonnell
Death Place:Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Party:Liberal

Mark Lorne Bonnell (January 4, 1923  - October 9, 2006) was a Canadian physician, provincial politician and senator.

Born in Hopefield, Prince Edward Island, the son of Lottie and Harry Bonnell, he received his Doctor of Medicine from Dalhousie University in 1949. He practiced medicine in Murray River.

In 1951, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island representing the district of 4th Kings. A member of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party, he was re-elected in 1955, 1959, 1962, 1966, and 1970. He was the Minister of Health, Minister of Welfare, Minister Tourist Development, and Minister Responsible for Housing. His grandfather, Mark Bonnell, was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.

In 1971, he was appointed to the senate representing the senatorial division of Murray River, Prince Edward Island. A Liberal, he retired at the mandatory age of 75 in 1998. His brother John Bonnell succeeded him in a by-election as MLA for 4th Kings.

In 2001, he was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Prince Edward Island.

He died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown on October 9, 2006.[1]

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  1. Web site: Former P.E.I. senator dies. CBC News. October 10, 2006. 2016-07-01.