William Campbell (Canadian politician)

William "Bill" Campbell

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sarnia—Lambton
In office 22 May 1979 – 18 February 1980
Preceded by	Bud Cullen
Succeeded by	Bud Cullen
Personal details
Born	1929 Sarnia, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Politician, Process Operator, Farmer

William (Bill) Campbell (born 1929) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a process operator and farmer by career.

Campbell was a municipal politician in Sarnia Township (today part of the city of Sarnia), initially as a Councillor from 1970 to 1978, then from 1979 to 1980 as Deputy Reeve.

He was a member of the 31st Canadian Parliament after defeating Liberal candidate Bud Cullen at the Sarnia riding in the 1979 federal election. Campbell's term was short as Cullen won his parliamentary seat back in the 1980 election.

Electoral record

Sarnia

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	16,275	40.6%	+5.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Campbell	13,986	34.9%	-5.1%
	New Democratic	Wally Krawczyk	9,809	24.4%	-0.9%
	Marxist–Leninist	Pedro Villamizar	52	0.1%
Total valid votes			40,122	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Campbell	15,990	40.0%	+13.7%
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	13,872	34.7%	-22.0%
	New Democratic	Wally Krawczyk	10,148	25.4%	+8.3%
Total valid votes			40,010	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

External links

William Campbell – Parliament of Canada biography

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