John M. Campbell | |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1874 |
Birth Place: | Ingonish, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Middleton, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Victoria |
Term Start: | 1937 |
Term End: | 1949 |
Predecessor: | Frederick W. Baldwin |
Successor: | Carleton L. MacMillan |
Party: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
John Malcolm Campbell (July 25, 1874 – May 16, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1937 to 1949. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Campbell was born in 1874 at Ingonish, Nova Scotia.[2] He married Carrie Giles.[2] He was superintendent of St. Paul's Island from 1908–1919, and Sable Island from 1919–1921.[2] Campbell entered provincial politics in the 1937 election, defeating Conservative incumbent Frederick W. Baldwin by 586 votes in the Victoria riding.[3] He was re-elected in the 1941,[4] and 1945 elections.[5] He did not reoffer in the 1949 election.[1] Campbell died at Middleton, Nova Scotia on May 16, 1951.[2]