John Campbell (Quebec politician)

John Campbell (born 2 January 1936 in Valleyfield, Quebec) is a former Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an insurance agent and businessman by career. ^[1]

From 1967 to 1980, he was a Lasalle city councillor. ^[1] He won the Lasalle electoral district in the 1972 federal election and was re-elected in the 1974, 1979 and 1980 federal elections. In the 1984 federal election, he was defeated by Claude Lanthier of the Progressive Conservative party. He served four consecutive terms from the 29th Canadian Parliament through the 32nd Canadian Parliament. ^[2]

Electoral record (incomplete)

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election : Lasalle
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Campbell	32,561	78.23	+3.15
	New Democratic	Gaston Côté	5,173	12.43	+5.76
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Marie Corvington	3,128	7.51	−2.08
	Union populaire	Olive Grégoire Bergeron	507	1.22	+0.59
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	255	0.61	+0.20
Total valid votes			41,624	100.00
Total rejected ballots			734
Turnout			42,358	66.09	−12.29
Electors on the lists			64,091
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Source: Canadian Elections Database ^[3]

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election : Lasalle
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Campbell	36,560	75.08
	Progressive Conservative	Keith MacLellan	4,669	9.59
	New Democratic	Gaston Côté	3,249	6.67
	Social Credit	John Holmes	2,668	5.48
	Rhinoceros	Totoune Michel Dumais	1,037	2.13
	Union populaire	Olive Grégoire Bergeron	309	0.63
	Marxist–Leninist	Claude Brunelle	202	0.41
Total valid votes			48,694	100.00
Total rejected ballots			767
Turnout			49,461	78.38
Electors on the lists			63,108

Source: Canadian Elections Database ^[4]

References

1. James K. McDonell; Robert Bennett Campbell (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. ISBN   978-1-896182-71-1.
2. "LaSalle - Émard". CBC News. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
3. "1980 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
4. "1979 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

External links

• John Campbell – Parliament of Canada biography