John Campbell (Quebec politician)

John Campbell (born 2 January 1936 in Valleyfield, Quebec) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an insurance agent and businessman by career.

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)

Canadian federal election, 1980: 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

Canadian federal election, 1979: 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

External links

• John Campbell – Parliament of Canada biography