Welland Gemmell

Welland Gemmell
MPP for Sudbury
In office June 7, 1948 – June 18, 1954
Preceded by	Robert Carlin
Succeeded by	Gerry Monaghan
Personal details
Born	(1910-10-10)October 10, 1910 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Died	June 18, 1954(1954-06-18) (aged 43) North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence(s)	Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Welland Stewart Gemmell (October 10, 1910 – June 18, 1954) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Sudbury in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1948 until his death in 1954.[1]

A member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Gemmell won the riding in the 1948 election, following a rift in the Sudbury area's labour movement which resulted in vote splitting between incumbent MPP Robert Carlin and a new CCF candidate.[2]

Gemmell was appointed to the cabinet of Leslie Frost, serving as Minister of Mines from May 4, 1949 to June 3, 1952,[3] and thereafter as Minister of Lands and Forests until June 18, 1954.[4] He died of a heart attack at a hotel in North Bay on June 18, 1954.[5]

A byelection was not called to replace Gemmell following his death; the Sudbury riding instead remained vacant until it was won by Gerry Monaghan in the 1955 provincial election.[6]

References

1. "Members Elected". The Globe and Mail, June 8, 1948.
2. "Political Pot-Pourri: $100,000 Sudbury Grant Is Announced by Frost". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 1948.
3. "Frost Cabinet Sworn In, Few Changes; Gemmell Mines Chief, Blackwell Out". The Globe and Mail, May 5, 1949.
4. "Gemmell Gets Lands, Cochrane MP Mines As Harold Scott Quits". The Globe and Mail, June 4, 1952.
5. "Told Friends He Felt Death Near Lands, Forest Minister Gemmell Dies". The Globe and Mail, June 19, 1954.
6. "J. L Gauthier, MP:: Councils Only Puppets For Frost Government". The Globe and Mail, May 16, 1955.

External links

• Biography at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario