John Campbell (born 2 January 1936 in Valleyfield, Quebec) is a former Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an insurance agent and businessman by career.
From 1967 to 1980, he was a Lasalle city councilor. He won the Lasalle electoral district in the 1972 federal election and was re-elected in the 1974, 1979 and 1980 federal elections. In the 1984 federal election, he was defeated by Claude Lanthier of the Progressive Conservative party. He served four consecutive terms from the 29th Canadian Parliament through the 32nd Canadian Parliament.
Electoral record (incomplete)
| 1980 Canadian federal election: Lasalle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Campbell | 32,561 | 78.23 | +3.15 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gaston Côté | 5,173 | 12.43 | +5.76 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Marie Corvington | 3,128 | 7.51 | −2.08 | ||||
| Union populaire | Olive Grégoire Bergeron | 507 | 1.22 | +0.59 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Claude Brunelle | 255 | 0.61 | +0.20 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,624 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 734 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,358 | 66.09 | −12.29 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 64,091 | |||||||
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Source: Canadian Elections Database
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Lasalle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Campbell | 36,560 | 75.08 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Keith MacLellan | 4,669 | 9.59 | |||||
| New Democratic | Gaston Côté | 3,249 | 6.67 | |||||
| Social Credit | John Holmes | 2,668 | 5.48 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Totoune Michel Dumais | 1,037 | 2.13 | |||||
| Union populaire | Olive Grégoire Bergeron | 309 | 0.63 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Claude Brunelle | 202 | 0.41 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 48,694 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 767 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,461 | 78.38 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 63,108 | |||||||
Source: Canadian Elections Database
References
- ^ James K. McDonell; Robert Bennett Campbell (1997). Lords of the North. GeneralStore PublishingHouse. ISBN 978-1-896182-71-1.
- "LaSalle - Émard". CBC News. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- "1980 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- "1979 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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