Bennett Campbell
William Bennett Campbell PC ( born August 27, 1943 in Montague, Prince Edward Iceland, † 11 September 2008) was a Canadian politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was among others Prime Minister of Prince Edward Iceland and some time a Member of the House of Commons and Minister.
Life
Advance to the Prime Minister of Prince Edward Iceland
Campbell, who was a teacher by profession, was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party Prince Edward Iceland on 11 May 1970 as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Iceland and represented in this until 1981, the constituency 3rd Kings.
Already on 10 October 1972, he was appointed to the formed by the unrelated prime minister with him Alex Campbell provincial government of Prince Edward Iceland and was in this until 1978, Minister of Education. He was also, between May 1974 and 1976 also provincial secretary, and from June 1976 to November 1978 is also the managing finance.
On November 18, 1978, Bennett Campbell both Alex Campbell's successor as chairman of the Prince Edward Iceland Liberal Party and as Prime Minister of the province and held these offices until May 3, 1979. He was also at the same time President of the Executive Council and Minister of Finance.
Under his leadership, the Liberal Party suffered in the elections to the Legislative Assembly in 1979 a heavy defeat and lost six of the 17 seats and thus also the absolute majority in the 32 -member Legislative Assembly. Campbell had on 3 May 1979, the Office of the Prime Minister to Angus MacLean, assign the top candidates of the Prince Edward Iceland Progressive Conservative Party, and then served until 1981 as leader of the opposition ( Leader of the Opposition).
House of Commons Member of Parliament and Minister
On April 13, 1981, he was elected deputies elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in a by-election in the constituency Cardigan in the Canadian House of Commons, but this seat is already lost in the subsequent general election on September 4, 1984.
On September 22, 1981, he was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Veterans Affairs in the 22 Canadian Cabinet. This ministerial position he also held subsequently in the formed of Trudeau's successor, John Turner 23 Government of Canada in the period from 30 June to 16 September 1984.