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