Joshua Peter Bell

Sir Joshua Peter Bell
3rd Treasurer of Queensland
In office
22 December 1864 – 20 July 1866
Preceded byThomas Moffatt
Succeeded byJohn Donald McLean
ConstituencyWest Moreton
In office
28 March 1871 – 8 January 1874
Preceded byRobert Ramsay
Succeeded byWilliam Hemmant
ConstituencyNorthern Downs (1871-1873)
ConstituencyDalby (1873-1874)
President of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881
Preceded bySir Maurice O'Connell
Succeeded bySir Arthur Palmer
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for West Moreton
In office
15 December 1862 – 28 September 1868
Preceded byJoseph Fleming
Succeeded byFrederick Forbes
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Northern Downs
In office
28 September 1868 – 11 November 1873
Preceded byHenry Thorn
Succeeded byHenry Thorn
In office
21 November 1878 – 2 April 1879
Preceded byWilliam Miles
Succeeded byGeorge Thorn Jr.
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Dalby
In office
10 November 1873 – 15 November 1878
Succeeded byGeorge Simpson
Queensland Legislative Council
In office
3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881
Personal details
Born(1827-01-19)19 January 1827
County Kildare, Ireland
Died20 December 1881(1881-12-20) (aged 54)
Brisbane, Queensland
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
SpouseMargaret Miller Dorsey
RelationsJoshua Thomas Bell (son), John Alexander Bell (brother)
Occupationpastoralist

Sir Joshua Peter Bell K.C.M.G. (19 January 1827 – 20 December 1881) was an Australian politician and pastoralist. He was Treasurer of Queensland from 1864 to 1866 and from 1871 to 1874, and President of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1879 to 1881. His eldest son was barrister and parliamentarian Joshua Thomas Bell.[1]

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