Mort Schell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mort Schell

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia

Profession: businessperson, politician, aircraft pilot

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Mort Schell

  • Morton William "Mort" Schell (born 13 July 1943) is a former Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 1986 and 1989, representing the seat of Mount Marshall. Born in Goomalling, a small Wheatbelt town, to Winifred Lilia (née Kenworthy) and Roland William Schell, Schell was educated in Perth, boarding at Wesley College.
  • He subsequently returned to Goomalling to farm, initially with his family and later independently, and also became involved with what is now the Western Australian Farmers Federation.
  • He obtained a pilot's licence in 1966, and for several years worked as a commercial pilot and flying instructor based at Jandakot Airport.
  • A former state secretary of the Young Country Party, and a member of each of the various iterations of the National Party, Schell was third on the Nationals' ticket for the Senate at the 1984 federal election.
  • He successfully contested Mount Marshall at the 1986 state election, winning the seat off a sitting Liberal member, Bill McNee, on a nine-point swing.
  • However, prior to the 1989 election, Mount Marshall was abolished in a redistribution, with Schell instead contesting the neighbouring Liberal-held seat of Moore.
  • Bill McNee was also contesting Moore, replacing the retiring Bert Crane as the Liberal candidate, and defeated Schell's bid for re-election.
  • After losing his seat in parliament, Schell became the owner and manager of the Joondalup franchise of Jetset, a travel agency.

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