Career
Born in Toronto in 1928, Bentley worked in insurance before moving to Barrie to take an executive job with the local Formosa Springs brewery. He also hosted a weekly radio show, Briefly Bentley, on CKBB in the 1960s. The city still runs the program to this day.
Defeated by Cooke in 1969, he later rejoined Formosa Springs and was reelected to Barrie City Council as a councillor.
In retirement, Bentley moved to Mexico. In 2013, he was seriously injured in a vehicle accident there, and was taken back to Barrie"s Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, where he died on November 18 at age 84.