J. W. Don Campbell

CAMPBELL, JAMES WILLIAM DON, merchant and farmer; b. 30 July 1910 in South Kildare, son of David Campbell and Eliza Martha Hardy; m. 21 October 1939 Corean MacPhee of Lot 11, and they had two children who were twins, Don Hardy Bryan and James William Barry; United; d. 7 April 1993 in O'Leary. Campbell, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1951 for 1st Prince. He was re-elected in the general election of 1959. He was defeated in the general elections of 1955 and 1962. Don Campbell was educated at the Montrose School. From 1937 to 1988, he owned and operated Campbell's Store in Alberton. He also maintained a farm in Kildare, specializing in pigs, potatoes, and cattle. Campbell was the first farm equipment dealer in Prince County, and also the first farmer in Alberton to ship cattle out of the area by train. A strong advocate of a ferry to West Prince, Campbell made efforts to keep the issue alive. He was a member of West Point Ferries Limited, the Alberton Prince County Exhibition, the Land Use Commission, and the Chamber of Commerce, and served as president and director of the Alberton Seed Cleaning Plant. Campbell was a member of the Zetland Masonic Order, the Albert Edward Lodge of Perfection, the Sovereign Consistory, the St. Lawrence Chapter of the Rose Croix, and St. Peter's Anglican Church. He was a member of the Alberton Curling Club. Don Campbell died 7 April 1993 at the Community Hospital in O'Leary. Corean Campbell died in October 1990.