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♂ J.W. Don Campbell
aliasJ.W. Don Campbell
Record
9126 · 5602

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Birth 30 July 1910 → 113 years + 9 months ago
Lived 82 years + 8 months
First mandate 26 April 1951 → 73 years + 7 days ago
↳ at age 40 years + 8 months
Death 7 April 1993 → 31 years ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 3 months after 9 December 1962
Special notes
None
 
J.W. Don Campbell (1910–1993) 200x204
© 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 7 4 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert E. Campbell  m 
 		 ⊖ Frederick C. Ramsay  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,162 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25699(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
PC
 1/2 1,729 54.68% +296 Loser:
LIB
 1,433 45.32% Frederick C. Ramsay

Service: 4 years 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,173 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25731(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
PC
 2/2 1,525 48.06% -123 Winner:
LIB
 1,648 51.94% Frederick C. Ramsay
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,597 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25762(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
49
PC
 1/2 1,907 53.02% +217 Loser:
LIB
 1,690 46.98% Frederick C. Ramsay

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,697 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25794(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
PC
 2/2 1,607 43.47% -483 Winner:
LIB
 2,090 56.53% Robert E. Campbell

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Campbell, James William Don		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
J. W. Don Campbell		 26 Dec 2023

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