John Murray Campbell

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| name = Jack Campbell

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| birth_name=John Murray Campbell

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1931|5|14}}

| birth_place = Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

| death_date={{death date and age|2021|12|21|1931|5|14}}

| death_place=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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| office = MLA for Rocky Mountain House

| term_start = 1979

| term_end = 1989

| predecessor = Helen Hunley

| successor = Ty Lund

| party = Progressive Conservative

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John Murray "Jack" Campbell (May 14, 1931 – December 21, 2021) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1989.{{cite journal|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author=Normandin, P.G.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien |date=1985|publisher=Gale Canada|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xkmIAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=December 1, 2014}} He was the younger brother of professional ice hockey player Don Campbell.

Political career

Campbell ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Rocky Mountain House with a near landslide victory defeating three other candidates including future Alberta MLA John Younie and Social Credit leader Lavern Ahlstrom.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=Rocky_Mountain_House| title=Rocky Mountain House results 1979| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}} He ran for a second term in the 1982 Alberta general election. Campbell won a landslide victory defeating two other candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=Rocky_Mountain_House| title=Rocky Mountain House results 1982| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}} He ran for his third and final term in the 1986 Alberta general election winning the hotly contested race with the opposition vote divided among four other candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=Rocky_Mountain_House| title=Rocky Mountain House results 1986| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}} Campbell retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1989.

The Alberta government appointed Campbell to sit as an Acting member on the Natural Resources Conservation Board in 2002.{{cite news|date=July 11, 2002|publisher=Natural Resources Conservation Board|url=http://www.nrcb.gov.ab.ca/whatsnew/Newsreleases.aspx?id=189|title=New members appointed to Natural Resources Conservation Board|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706163839/http://www.nrcb.gov.ab.ca/whatsnew/Newsreleases.aspx?id=189|archivedate=July 6, 2011}} Campbell died at the age of 90 on December 21, 2021.{{cite web | url=https://serenity.ca/serenity-obituaries/campbell-murray-john-jack/ | title=CAMPBELL, Murray John "Jack" - Obituary }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/edmonton-ab/john-campbell-10714595 | title=John Campbell Obituary - Edmonton, AB }}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs

Category:1931 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta