Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician)

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Sir Alexander Campbell

Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC (March 9, 1822 – 24 May 1892) was an English-born, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation.

Born in Hedon, England, he was brought to Canada by his father, who was a doctor, when he was one year old. He was educated in French at St. Hyacinthe in Quebec and in grammar school in Kingston, Ontario. Campbell studied law and was called to the bar in 1843. He became a partner in John A. Macdonald's law office.

He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1858 and 1864, attended the Quebec City Conference in 1864, and at Confederation was appointed to the Canadian Senate. He later held a number of ministerial posts in the Cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald and was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1887 to 1892.

He died in office in Toronto in 1892.

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Political offices
Preceded by None	Postmaster General 1867–1873	Succeeded by John O'Connor
Preceded by Hector-Louis Langevin	Postmaster General 1879–1880	Succeeded by John O'Connor
Preceded by John O'Connor	Postmaster General 1880–1881	Succeeded by John O'Connor
Preceded by John Carling	Postmaster General 1885–1887	Succeeded by Archibald Woodbury McLelan
Preceded by William Pearce Howland	Minister of Inland Revenue (Acting) 1868–1869	Succeeded by Alexander Morris
Preceded by Thomas Nicholson Gibbs	Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 1873	Succeeded by David Laird
Preceded by Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Secretary of State for the Provinces	Minister of the Interior 1873	Succeeded by David Laird
Preceded by Thomas Coffin	Receiver General 1878-1879	Succeeded by Samuel Leonard Tilley
Preceded by Louis-François-Rodrigue Masson	Minister of Militia and Defence 1880	Succeeded by Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron
Preceded by James McDonald	Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1881-1885	Succeeded by John Sparrow David Thompson
Government offices
Preceded by None	Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada 1867–1873	Succeeded by Luc Letellier de St-Just
Preceded by Luc Letellier de St-Just	Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1873–1878	Succeeded by Richard William Scott
Preceded by Richard William Scott	Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada 1878–1887	Succeeded by John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
Preceded by John Beverley Robinson	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1887–1892	Succeeded by Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick

	Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario
Post-Confederation (1867-present) Stisted \| Howland \| Crawford \| D.A. Macdonald \| J.B. Robinson \| Campbell \| Kirkpatrick \| Gzowski \| Mowat \| Clark \| Gibson \| Hendrie \| Clarke \| Cockshutt \| Ross \| Mulock \| H.A. Bruce \| Matthews \| Lawson \| Breithaupt \| MacKay \| Rowe \| W.R. Macdonald \| McGibbon \| Aird \| Alexander \| Jackman \| Weston \| Bartleman Province of Canada (1841-1866) Clitherow \| Jackson \| Bagot \| Metcalfe \| Cathcart \| J. Bruce \| E.W. Head \| Monck Upper Canada (1791-1841) Simcoe \| Russell \| Hunter \| Grant \| Gore \| Brock \| Sheaffe \| de Rottenburg \| Drummond \| Murray \| F.P. Robinson \| Smith \| Maitland \| Colborne \| F.B. Head \| Arthur \| Sydenham