Ernest Thomas Bell (31 March 1880 – 2 May 1930) was a pastoralist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] Bell was born in Camboon, Queensland, to parents James Thomas Marsh Bell and his wife Gertrude Augusta (née Norton) and attended Toowoomba Grammar School and Ipswich Grammar School.

When he left school he was the manager of Combargno Station, Roma.

[1] On 17 August 1910, Bell married Pauline Eva Taylor[1] (died 1970)[2] in Brisbane and together had one son and three daughters.

He died in office in May 1930[1] and his funeral proceeded from St John's Church of England Cathedral to the Toowong Cemetery.