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*[http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40135 Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''] |
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*[http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=1895&s=M Political biography from the Library of Parliament] |
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title=[[List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario|Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]]| |
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[[Category:1822 births|Campbell, Alexander]] |
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[[Category:People from St. Hyacinthe, Quebec|Campbell, Alexander]] |
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Revision as of 15:25, 25 February 2006
The Honourable Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC (March 9, 1822 – 24 May, 1892) was an English-born, in Hedon, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation. He was elected to the legislative council in 1858 and 1864, attended the Quebec City Conference in 1864, and at Confederation was appointed to the Canadian Senate. He later held a number of ministerial posts in the Cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald and was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1887 to 1892.
When he was one year old, he was brought to Canada by his father, a doctor. He was educated in French at St. Hyacinthe in Quebec and in grammar school in Kingston, Ontario. Alexander Campbell studied law and was called to the bar in 1843. He became a partner in John A. Macdonald's law office. He died in office in Toronto in 1892.