Malcolm Smith Schell Explained

Malcolm Smith Schell
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Constituency Mp:Oxford South
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Richard John Cartwright
Successor:Donald Sutherland
Term Start:1904
Term End:1911
Birth Date:13 November 1855
Birth Place:Woodstock, Canada West
Party:Liberal
Relations:Jacob Thomas Schell, brother

Malcolm Smith Schell (November 13, 1855  - December 25, 1926) was a Canadian politician.

Born in County of Oxford, near Woodstock, 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 House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario electoral district of Oxford South in the federal election of 1904. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and was defeated in 1911 and 1917.

His brother Jacob Thomas also served in the House of Commons.

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