Archibald Campbell (New Zealand politician)

Campbell in 1935

Archibald Campbell (2 January 1874 – 1 September 1955) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Political Career

Parliament of New Zealand
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 M. Connolly, 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. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
2. "Another Ballot?". Auckland Star LXVI (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 CXIX (31). 6 February 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
6. Wilson 1985, p. 187.
7. Wilson 1985, p. 151.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.