John Archibald Campbell

CAMPBELL, JOHN ARCHIBALD, farmer; b, 4 May 1879 in Heatherdale, son of Donald S. Campbell and Flora McLeod; m. first Annie Martin, and they had one child, Mrs. Winston King; m. secondly 24 August 1917 Christine Anne McKinnon, and they had four children, Donald A., Florence E., Jessie K., and Charles J.; Presbyterian; d. 4 October 1969 in Charlottetown. Campbell, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1927 for 4th Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, and 1947. On 15 August 1935, he was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio in the government of Premier Walter Lea*, and held this post in the governments of Thane A. Campbell"" and Walter Jones*. Campbell resigned in 1949. He received his early education in Heatherdale, where he lived for the majority of his life, with the exception of a short period of time when he lived in the United States. Campbell was a farmer and, according to the Maritime Advocate and Busy East, a leader in the agricultural community. John Campbell died 4 October 1969 at the Prince Edward Island Hospital. Christine Campbell, the daughter of Charles McKinnon of Heatherdale and Jessie MacKnnon, was born 7 June 1879 and died 21 January 1966. Their daughter, Mrs. Winston King, eventually settled in Medford, Massachusetts. Charles J. Campbell was killed in action in Belgium in 1944 during the Second World War.