- Glenlyon Campbell
Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (
October 3 ,1863 –October 22 ,1917 ) was a politician inManitoba ,Canada . He served in theLegislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1908, and in theCanadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911. Campbell was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.Campbell was born at Fort Pelly, in what was then known as the
Northwest Territories . His father, Robert Campbell, was a Scotsman who served as Chief Factor for theHudson's Bay Company , the dominant power in the region. The younger Campbell was educated atGlasgow Academy and the Merchiston Castle School inEdinburgh , and worked as a farmer and rancher upon returning to Canada. He helped to establish the community of Gilbert Plains in 1884, after purchasing the first house constructed in the community from Gilbert Ross (for whom the community is named). [http://www.gilbertplains.com/community.html]He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the 1892 provincial election as a support of the opposition Conservative Party, and lost to
Theodore Arthur Burrows by nine votes in Dauphin. Burrows described himself as a "Liberal-Conservative", but endorsed the Liberal government ofThomas Greenway ; he later joined the Liberal Party outright. Campbell lost to Burrows again in the 1896 election, by twelve votes.He was first elected to the legislature in the 1903 election, defeated a Liberal candidate by 202 votes in Gilbert Plains. He served as a
backbench supporter ofRodmond Palen Roblin 's government, and was re-elected without opposition in the 1907 election.Campbell resigned from the provincial legislature in 1908 to campaign in the 1908 federal election. Contesting the riding of Dauphin, he defeated his old nemesis Theodore Arthur Burrows in 217 votes to win the seat. The Liberal Party won a majority government in this election under
Wilfrid Laurier , and Campbell served as an opposition member for the next three years.He lost his seat to Liberal
Robert Cruise by 748 votes in the 1911 election, even as the Conservative Party won a majority government underRobert Borden . He died six years later.References
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Member of Parliament for Dauphin
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