Background
Bell, Douglas Leslie Dewey was born on June 15, 1926 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Douglas Clarence and Irene Margaret (Dewey) Bell.
Bell, Douglas Leslie Dewey was born on June 15, 1926 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Douglas Clarence and Irene Margaret (Dewey) Bell.
Student schools, Moose Jaw.
Radio operator, Department Transport (various locations), Alberta and B.C., Canada, 1946-1957; officer-in-charge, Department Transport (various locations), Watson Lake, Yukon., 1957-1960; officer-in-charge, Department Transport (various locations), Medicine Hat, Alberta, 1960-1968; telecommunications area manager, Department Transport (various locations), 1968-1975; elected to, Whitehorse City Council, 1975-1977; appointed deputy commissioner, Yukon Government, 1977-1979; appointed administrator, Yukon Territory, 1979-1980; appointed commissioner, Yukon Territory, since 1980; Alderman, City of Whitehorse, 1976-1977.
Member library board City of Medicine Hat, 1967-1968. Served with Royal Canadian Air Force, 1943-1945. Member Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce.
Married Pearl Lavina Gray, September 25, 1946. Children— Linda Lesly Bell Syverson, Douglas Bernard Charles, Robert Grant.