BELL, Joshua Thomas was born on March 1, 1863. Son of late Honourable Sir Joshua Peter Bell, Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, of Tim- 141 bour, Darling Downs, Queensland, President of the Legislative Council, and Margaret, daughter of late Doctor Dorsey of Ipswich, Queensland.
Education
Studied at Ipswich and Brisbane Grammar Schools. Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Career
President of the Cambridge Union, 1885. Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1888. Private Secretary to Sir Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland, 1890-1893.
Elected to Queensland Parliament as Member for Dally, Darling Downs, 1893, 1896, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1908. Member of Royal Commission on Land Settlement, 1897. Chairman of Committees, 1902.
Minister for Lands, 1903- S. Minister for Railways, 1906. Home Secretary, 1903-1909. M.L.A.; Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since 1909.
Membership
Club: Queensland, Brisbane.
Connections
Spouse 1903, Catherine, 2nddaughter of late Hon. John Ferguson, M.L.C., sometime Senator for Queensland in Commonwealth Parliament, and w. of Sydney Jones of Rockhampton, Queensland.