Malcolm Smith Schell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
About Malcolm Smith Schell
- 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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