Archie Campbell (politician)

Archibald Campbell (2 January 1874 – 1 September 1955) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party and Secretary of the Port Chalmers Waterside Workers Union.

Campbell in 1935

Political career
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1935–1938 25th Chalmers Labour

Norman Hartley Campbell,[1] the brother of Archibald Campbell,[2] had unsuccessfully contested the Chalmers electorate in the 1928 and 1931 elections.[3][4] His brother had already won the nomination as the Labour candidate for the 1935 election against Michael Connelly, when he died in February 1935 following an operation.[2][5] The Labour Party hierarchy wanted to make Connolly their candidate, but there was resentment and a new ballot was held, which was won by Archibald Campbell.[2] He was elected for the Chalmers electorate with the swing to Labour in the 1935 election, but retired in 1938.[6]

He served on the Legislative Council from 1939 to 1946 and from 1947 to 1950, when the upper house was abolished.[7]

Notes
  1. "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. "Another Ballot?". Auckland Star. Vol. LXVI, no. 84. 9 April 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  4. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. "Obituary". The Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 31. 6 February 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. Wilson 1985, p. 187.
  7. Wilson 1985, p. 151.

References
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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.


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