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♂ John A. Campbell
aliasJohn A. Campbell
Record
9141 · 5526

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 6 0 6
Birth 4 May 1879 → 144 years + 11 months ago
Lived 90 years + 5 months
First mandate 25 June 1927 → 96 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 1 month
Death 4 October 1969 → 54 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 4 months after 15 May 1949
Special notes
None
 
John A. Campbell (1879–1969) 200x208
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Prince Edward Island 21 10 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Maynard F. McDonald  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,781 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25489(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,055 59.24% +329 Loser:
CONS
 726 40.76% Maynard F. McDonald

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,996 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25524(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,048 52.51% +100 Loser:
CONS
 948 47.49% John D. McLeod

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,079 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25559(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/2 1,271 61.14% +463 Loser:
CONS
 808 38.86% Fred W. Johnston

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,988 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25590(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/2 1,149 57.80% +310 Loser:
CONS
 839 42.20% Fred W. Johnston

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,805 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25623(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
LIB
 1/3 1,029 57.01% +321 Loser:
PC
 708 39.22% Malcolm MacKinnon

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,034 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25659(F) — 14 Feb 2022 15:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
LIB
 1/2 1,119 55.01% +204 Loser:
PC
 915 44.99% Frank D. MacFarlane
After his election:
15 May 1949 70
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 5 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
4 July 1949
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26647(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
LIB
 Acclam. Daniel A. MacRae

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Campbell, John Archibald		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
John Archibald Campbell		 27 Dec 2023

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