Troy Bell (politician)

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Troy Bell
MP
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Mount Gambier
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 March 2014
Preceded byDon Pegler
Personal details
Born
Troy Stephen Bell

(1973-09-05) 5 September 1973 (age 51)[citation needed]
Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia[citation needed]
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (SA) (2014–2017)
Independent (2017–present)

Troy Stephen Bell (born 5 September 1973)[citation needed] is an Australian politician representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Mount Gambier. Representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2014 state election,[1] he became an independent in 2017, after being accused of misappropriating more than $2 million of public money.[2] In September 2024 a South Australian District Court jury found Troy Bell guilty of 20 counts of theft and five counts of dishonest dealings with documents after more than two days of jury deliberations. On 15 October 2024, Bell refused to step down in accordance with section 31 of the Constitution Act 1934, and vowed to appeal the conviction.[3]

  1. ^ "2014 SA election: Antony Green ABC". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "hil-resigns-from-liberal-party/8818154 Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell resigns from Liberal Party, vows to fight theft charges: ABC 17 August 2017". ABC News. 17 August 2017.
  3. ^ "MP who stole $430,000 from children's charities vows to stay in parliament".