Joshua Peter Bell

The Hon Sir Joshua Peter Bell KCMG
3rd Treasurer of Queensland
In office 22 December 1864 – 20 July 1866
Preceded by	Thomas Moffatt
Succeeded by	John Donald McLean
Constituency	West Moreton
In office 28 March 1871 – 8 January 1874
Preceded by	Robert Ramsay
Succeeded by	William Hemmant
Constituency	Northern Downs (1871-1873)
Constituency	Dalby (1873-1874)
President of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881
Preceded by	Sir Maurice O'Connell
Succeeded by	Sir Arthur Palmer
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for West Moreton
In office 15 December 1862 – 28 September 1868 Serving with Henry Challinor, Robert Herbert, Joseph Fleming, George Thorn, Jr., Benjamin Cribb, Patrick O'Sullivan
Preceded by	Joseph Fleming
Succeeded by	Frederick Forbes
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Northern Downs
In office 28 September 1868 – 11 November 1873
Preceded by	Henry Thorn
Succeeded by	Henry Thorn
In office 21 November 1878 – 2 April 1879
Preceded by	William Miles
Succeeded by	George Thorn Jr.
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Dalby
In office 10 November 1873 – 15 November 1878
Succeeded by	George Simpson
Queensland Legislative Council
In office 3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881
Personal details
Born	(1827-01-19)19 January 1827 County Kildare, Ireland
Died	20 December 1881(1881-12-20) (aged 54) Brisbane, Queensland
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Spouse	Margaret Miller Dorsey
Relations	Joshua Thomas Bell (son), John Alexander Bell (brother)
Occupation	pastoralist

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]