Famous People with Name Campbell

Campbell McGrath            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Campbell McGrath: is a notable modern American poet. He is the author of six full-length collections of poetry, including his most recent, Pax Atomica.McGrath was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Washington, D.C., where he attended Sidwell Friends School. He recei

Ernest John Campbell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ernest John Campbell: was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Chatham Township, Ontario, he was a farmer by career. He was first elected at the Lambton—Kent riding in the 1957 general election and re-elected there in the 1958 election. He was defeated by John Burgess of the Liberal party in the 1962 election.

James Alistair Grant Campbell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Alistair Grant Campbell: was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Cornwall, Ontario and became a barrister and lawyer by career. After an unsuccessful attempt to gain a House of Commons seat at the Stormont riding in the 1957 federal election, he won the riding against incumbent Albert Lavigne in the 1958 election. After his only term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, he was defeated by Liberal candidate Lucien Lamoureux in the 1962 election. Campbell campaigned in one further election in Stormont during the 1972 election but was again unsuccessful.

Colin Alexander Campbell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Colin Alexander Campbell: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Shedden, Ontario and became a mining engineer. He was elected to Parliament at the Frontenac—Addington riding in a by-election on 24 September 1934 and re-elected in the 1935 federal election. Campbell resigned on 11 August 1937 before the end of the 18th Canadian Parliament to enter provincial politics at the 1937 Ontario election. He was not successfully elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on the day of the provincewide election, but instead contested a by-election in Sault Ste. Marie after newly elected member Richard McMeekin resigned. He served as Minister of Public Works under premier Mitchell Hepburn, but left provincial politics as of the 1943 Ontario election.

Barry R. Campbell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barry R. Campbell: is a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Campbell was involved with the Liberal Party for many years before running for office himself, and volunteered for Pierre Elliott Trudeau's campaign in his youth (Financial Post, 1 January 1993). He was recruited by the party leadership in 1992, and won the Liberal nomination for St. Paul's late in the year (Financial Post, 31 December 1992). Many regarded him as a "future star" for the party (Financial Post, 23 June 1992), and there was some speculation even before the 1993 election that he could be given a cabinet position (Toronto Star, 23 October 1993). Campbell defeated star Progressive Conservative candidate Isabel Bassett by a significant margin in the election, as the Liberals won a majority government nationally. He was not appointed to cabinet by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and served as a government backbencher. He was named as vice-chairman of the House of Commons Finance Committee (Financial Post, 3 May 1994), co-chaired the party's 1994 national convention (Globe and Mail, 26 March 1994), and was chosen as chair of the Metro-Toronto Liberal caucus (Globe and Mail, 26 September 1994). On February 23, 1996, he was promoted to parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Paul Martin.

Coline M. Campbell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Coline M. Campbell: was a member of the Canadian House of Commons in the 30th (1974-1979), 32nd (1980-1984) and 34th (1988-1993) Canadian Parliaments. Her background was in education and law. She was first elected in the 1974 federal election at the South Western Nova electoral district for the Liberal party. After her first term in Parliament, she was defeated by Charles E. Haliburton of the Progressive Conservative Party in the 1979 federal election in what was now called the South West Nova riding. Following the short-lived Progressive Conservative minority government of Joe Clark, she was re-elected at South West Nova in the 1980 federal election. But she lost the seat again in the 1984 federal election to Gerald Comeau of the Progressive Conservative Party.