Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Ann Elizabeth Haddon "Nancy" Bell | |
Office: | Senator from British Columbia, Canada |
Term Start: | October 7, 1970 |
Term End: | November 29, 1989 |
Primeminister: | Pierre Trudeau |
Governor General: | Roland Michener |
Constituency: | Nanaimo—Malaispina, British Columbia, Canada |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1924 |
Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Occupation: | director |
Ann Elizabeth Haddon "Nancy" Heath Bell (May 26, 1924 – November 29, 1989) was a Canadian senator.[1]
She was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1970 and sat as a Liberal representing Nanaimo-Malaspina, British Columbia. Independently minded, she did not believe in party discipline and often voted against legislation proposed by the Liberal government. She was a supporter of the monarchy and opposed the renaming of Dominion Day to Canada Day.
In 1985, Bell left the Liberal Party to sit as an Independent Senator. Bell died of cancer in 1989 at a hospital in Victoria, while still in office.