William Campbell (Canadian politician)

For other Canadian politicians of this name, see William Campbell (disambiguation).

William Campbell (born 1929) is a retired Canadian politician who was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

William "Bill" Campbell
Member of Parliament for Sarnia—Lambton
In office 22 May 1979 – 18 February 1980
Preceded by	Bud Cullen
Succeeded by	Bud Cullen
Personal details
Born	1929 (age 95–96) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Politician, Process Operator, Farmer

Campbell was a process operator and farmer by career.^[1] He was a municipal politician in Sarnia Township (today part of the city of Sarnia), initially as a councillor from 1970 to 1976, then from 1976 to 1978 as deputy reeve.^[2]

Campbell was a member of the 31st Canadian Parliament after defeating Liberal candidate Bud Cullen at the Sarnia riding in the 1979 federal election.^[3] Campbell's term was short as Cullen won back his parliamentary seat in the 1980 election.^[4]

Electoral record

Sarnia

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	16,275	40.6%	+5.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Campbell	13,986	34.9%	-5.1%
	New Democratic	Wally Krawczyk	9,809	24.4%	-0.9%
	Marxist–Leninist	Pedro Villamizar	52	0.1%
Total valid votes			40,122	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Campbell	15,990	40.0%	+13.7%
	Liberal	Bud Cullen	13,872	34.7%	-22.0%
	New Democratic	Wally Krawczyk	10,148	25.4%	+8.3%
Total valid votes			40,010	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada