Robert Adam Campbell

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Robert Adam Campbell
Ontario MPP
In office
1894–1899
Preceded by John Francis Dowling
Succeeded by Francis Robert Latchford
Constituency Renfrew South
Personal details
Political party Liberal
Profession Lumber merchant

Robert Adam Campbell was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Renfrew South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1899 as a Liberal member.

Ontario Province of Canada

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province accounting for 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.

Renfrew South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1986 before the 1987 election.

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The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is one of two components of the Legislature of Ontario, the other being the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The Legislative Assembly is the second largest Canadian provincial deliberative assembly by number of members after the National Assembly of Quebec. The Assembly meets at the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park in the provincial capital of Toronto.

He was the son of Robert Campbell, who represented the same riding in the House of Commons. Campbell was a lumber merchant in Eganville.

Robert Campbell (Canadian politician) Canadian politician, born 1818

Robert Campbell was a Scottish-born Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Renfrew South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1887 as a Liberal member.

Eganville, Ontario Unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada

Eganville is a small community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Eganville lies within the township of Bonnechere Valley. In 2009, Eganville became the home of the Stone Fence Theatre's productions of local historical and musical dinner theatre.

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