Ben Howell

Ben Howell is an Acadian politician who represented New France County in the Senate from 1992 to 1994, and then again from 1996 to 2012.

Howell was elected to the ninth and final seat of New France's Senate delegation in 1992. After the 1993 Census, New France lost one seat in the Senate. As Howell held the lowest electoral ranking in the 1992 election, his seat was dissolved.

Howell announced his campaign for the Senate in the 1996 election immediately after the dissolution of his seat, becoming the first announced candidate in the race. Howell earned the 6th seat in the election.

Since Howell only served a "partial term" of 2 years from 1992 to 1994, he was constitutionally eligible to serve four full terms.