John Murray Campbell
Canadian politician

John Murray Campbell

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John Campbell
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14 May 1931(Drumheller, Alberta, Canada)
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For other persons named John Campbell, see John Campbell

Murray John "Jack" Campbell (born May 14, 1931) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1989.

Political career

Campbell ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Rocky Mountain House with a near landslide victory defeating three other candidates including future Alberta MLA John Younie and Social Credit leader Lavern Ahlstrom. He ran for a second term in the 1982 Alberta general election. Campbell won a landslide victory defeating two other candidates. He ran for his third and final term in the 1986 Alberta general election winning the hotly contested race with the opposition vote divided among four other candidates. Campbell retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1989.

The Alberta government appointed to sit as an Acting member on the Natural Resources Conservation Board in 2002.