John Cranston Bonnell (January 23, 1929 - May 31, 1980)[1] was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of 4th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1972 to 1974.
[2] He was first elected to the legislature in a by-election on December 4, 1972, after the seat was made vacant by his brother Lorne Bonnell's appointment to the Senate of Canada.
[2] Bonnell graduated from Dalhousie University with a medical degree in 1960, and practiced as a physician in Montague, Bedeque and Charlottetown.
[2] He later specialized in the treatment of arthritis, and eventually became director of the Prince Edward Island Rehabilitation Centre.
[2] He briefly moved to Okolona, Mississippi in 1979 to start a new medical practice there, but returned to Prince Edward Island in April 1980 after falling ill.[2] He died on May 31, 1980, in Murray River.