Peter M. Campbell Explained

Peter M. Campbell
Birth Date:9 February 1872
Death Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Birth Place:Admaston, Ontario
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Lethbridge
Term Start:1937
Term End:1944
Predecessor:Hans Wight
Successor:John Landeryou
Party:None (Independent)
Occupation:doctor

Peter McGregor Campbell (February 9, 1872  - September 19, 1954) was a Canadian physician and provincial politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1944, sitting as an Independent member from the constituency of Lethbridge.[1] [2]

Early life

Peter McGregor Campbell was born February 9, 1872, at Admaston, Ontario, to John Campbell and Jane Connery. He was educated at Renfrew High School and later attended Queen's University at Kingston where he completed his medical studies in 1896. Campbell married Esther Scott on April 29, 1904, and had one child, Winnifred Jean Scott.[1] Campbell would practice in Cardston, Alberta for a period of time before moving to Lethbridge in December 1906.

Political life

Campbell entered provincial politics by contesting and winning the Lethbridge electoral district in a 1937 by-election following the controversial resignation of Hans Wight.[3] Campbell was elected as a member of the Independent Citizen's Association which opposed the policies of the governing Social Credit party. Campbell was subsequently re-elected 1940 Alberta general election defeating Social Credit candidate A. E. Smith.[4] Campbell did not contest the 1944 Alberta general election.

Later life

Peter McGregor Campbell died on September 19, 1954, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the age of 82.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Normandin . A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien . 1944 . Mortimer Company Ltd. . Ottawa . August 9, 2020 . 0315-6168 . 893686591 . 371. 9781414401416 .
  2. Web site: Lethbridge Herald Newspaper Archives, Nov 13, 1937, p. 1. 13 November 1937.
  3. Web site: By-elections. Elections Alberta. May 26, 2020.
  4. Web site: Lethbridge Official Results 1940 Alberta general election . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . May 21, 2020.
  5. News: Dean of South Alberta's Medical Men, Dr. P. M. Campbell, Dies in Vancouver at 82. The Lethbridge Herald. September 20, 1945. 1.