Colin H. Campbell

Colin H. Campbell
Colin H. Campbell
	Jacques Parent
Personal details
Born	25 December 1859; Burlington, Canada West
Died	24 October 1914 (aged 54); Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party	Conservative
Relations	Minnie Julia Beatrice Campbell (wife)
Children	Colin and Elizabeth

Colin H. Campbell (25 December 1859 – October 24, 1914) was a politician in

cabinet minister in the governments of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond Roblin

.

Campbell was a barrister, and ran a practice in

Winnipeg North

.

He sought election to the

Conservative Party of Canada. Campbell stood in by-election for the riding of Winnipeg, after Hugh John Macdonald's resignation from the house. He lost to Liberal candidate Joseph Martin

.

Campbell was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the

Attorney General

on October 9 of the same year.

In this period of Canadian history, newly appointed ministers were required to resign their legislative seats to seek a new mandate from their electors. These by-elections were usually mere formalities, and many ministers were returned without opposition. Campbell faced a challenge from Liberal Matthew Laurie, and defeated him by 278 votes on October 29, 1900. This by-election occurred on the same day that Roblin replaced Macdonald as premier. The new premier kept Campbell as his attorney general, and also appointed him as municipal commissioner from October 29 to December 20, 1900.

Campbell was re-elected in the elections of

Robert Rogers

left the provincial legislature for federal politics, Campbell was seen as the second most important minister in Roblin's government.

Campbell was stricken by a severe illness on February 15, 1913, the same day that the provincial legislature was scheduled to open. He traveled to Kingston, Jamaica to recover, but was afflicted with paralysis almost immediately after arriving. He resigned his ministry on November 3, 1913, and did not stand in the 1914 election.

After unsuccessfully seeking medical care in the

United States of America, Europe and Egypt

, Campbell returned to Manitoba in summer 1914. He died shortly thereafter, at age 54.

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