Archibald Campbell (politician, 1874)

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Archibald Campbell in 1935

Archibald Campbell (* 2. January 1874 ; † 1. September 1955 ) was a New Zealand politician of the Labor Party .

biography

Archibald Campbell's brother Norman Hartley Campbell ran unsuccessfully in the 1928 and 1931 general elections in the Chalmers constituency . He was nominated for the Labor candidate in the 1935 election when he died after an operation in February 1935. The Labor Party planned to nominate M. Connoly as a candidate, but in the face of denials a new nomination took place, won by Archibald Campbell. With him, the Labor Party won the Chalmers constituency back in the 1935 election, but Campbell did not run in the 1938 election .

Campbell served on the Legislative Council from 1939 to 1946 and from 1947 to 1950 when the House of Lords was abolished.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cemeteries search. Dunedin City Council , accessed November 2, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b c Another Ballot? (en) . In: Auckland Star , April 9, 1935, p. 9. Retrieved November 2, 2014. 
  3. ^ The General Election, 1928 . Government Printer, 1929, pp. 2 (English, govt.nz [accessed December 4, 2013]).
  4. ↑ The General Election, 1931 . Government Printer, 1932, pp. 2 (English, govt.nz [accessed November 2, 2014]).
  5. ↑ Obituary (en) . In: The Evening Post , February 6, 1935, p. 13. Retrieved November 2, 2014. 
  6. ↑ James Oakley Wilson: New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1984 . 4th edition. VR Ward, Govt. Printer, Wellington 1985, OCLC 154283103 , pp. 187 (English, first edition: 1913).
  7. ↑ James Oakley Wilson: New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1984 . 4th edition. VR Ward, Govt. Printer, Wellington 1985, OCLC 154283103 , pp. 151 (English, first edition: 1913).
personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Archibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand Labor Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1874
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1955