| Arthur Campbell Garden | |
| Office1: | Ontario MPP |
| Term Start1: | June 25, 1923 |
| Term End1: | October 18, 1926 |
| Predecessor1: | Walter Rollo |
| Successor1: | Frederick Thomas Smye |
| Constituency1: | Hamilton West |
| Office2: | Warden of Simcoe County |
| Term Start2: | 1910 |
| Term End2: | 1910 |
| Predecessor2: | Richard Bell |
| Successor2: | James Moore |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Stamford, Canada West |
| Death Place: | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Profession: | Commercial traveller, manager |
Arthur Campbell Garden (August 9, 1860 – May 19, 1927) was an Ontario businessman. He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative member.
Born in Stamford[1] in Welland County,[2] Garden received his schooling in Thorold.[2] After marrying in 1884, he moved to Barrie to work as a commercial traveller for Dominion Drug.[2] He was known for joining many local philanthropic activities.[3]
Garden was first elected as a councillor in Barrie's 1893 election,[4] and later returned to be elected alderman in 1906.[5] He was subsequently acclaimed in the next four elections, as Deputy-Reeve in 1907[6] and as Reeve in 1908–1910,[3] thus becoming involved in Simcoe County politics. The Barrie Examiner noted in 1910 that "his name has been mentioned in connection with the nomination for the Legislature."[3] During his time on County Council, he was chairman of the committee that was responsible for the publication of a history of the county.[3]
In 1910, he was named Warden of Simcoe County, but the Northern Advance noted that "It was the most strenuous contest seen in years." It took eight ballots for him to finally win.[7]
After 1910, he was transferred to Hamilton to become a manager at National Drug & Chemical, as Dominion Drug was now known as.[2]
In both Barrie and Hamilton, Garden was a Conservative who was actively involved in provincial politics.[3] He would be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1923 election, but declined to seek reelection in 1926 because of ill health.[2]
Garden died in Hamilton in 1927, aged 66.[2]