Colin Campbell (Australian politician)
Colin Campbell | |
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| Born | Template:Birth date Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | November 28, 1903 (aged 86) Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Pastoralist, politician |
| Years active | 1839–1877 |
| Known for | Member of Victorian Legislative Council and Victorian Legislative Assembly |
Colin Campbell (21 January 1817 – 28 November 1903) was a prominent pastoralist and political figure in colonial Victoria, holding positions in both the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Campbell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, as the sixth son of merchant Alexander Campbell and his wife Barbara, née Campbell. His education took place at the Edinburgh Academy from 1825 to 1832, followed by earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Exeter College, Oxford in 1838.
Colonial Australia
In 1839, Campbell traveled with his brother Alexander to the Port Phillip District, arriving via Hobart. Upon Victoria's establishment as a separate colony in 1851, he chose not to accept a nomination to the Victorian Legislative Council and instead pursued work as a school inspector. On 10 May 1854, he secured election to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for the district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth, maintaining this role until the Council was dissolved in March 1856. Following this, he served as the representative for Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville in Victoria’s first Legislative Assembly from November 1856 until August 1859.
After several unsuccessful attempts to gain Assembly seats at Ararat (1864), South Grant (1867), and Crowlands (1868 and 1871), Campbell was finally elected to represent Crowlands in May 1874, a position he held until the seat was abolished in April 1877.
Campbell passed away in Hawthorn, Victoria on 28 November 1903. He was married twice: initially to Frances Elliott Macwhirter on 15 January 1851 (who died in 1883), and later to Emily Ashby Shieffield in Brighton in 1885.