Colin Alexander "Collie" Campbell (17 January 1901 – 25 December 1978) was a

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mining engineer, politician and curling administrator. Campbell was the president of the

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from 1968 to 1978 and served as a

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member of the

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. He was born in Shedden, Ontario.

Biography

Campbell attended school at Lawrence Station and high school in Dutton before further studies at Queen's University. His father was active in local politics for more than three decades. He was elected to Parliament at the

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riding in a by-election on 24 September 1934 and re-elected in the 1935 federal election. Campbell resigned on 11 August 1937 before the end of the 18th Canadian Parliament to enter provincial politics at the 1937 Ontario election. He was defeated on election day in the provincial district of Addington, but subsequently contested a by-election in Sault Ste. Marie after newly elected member

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resigned. He served as Minister of Public Works under premier

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, but left provincial politics at the 1943 Ontario election. Campbell served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during

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and was awarded the

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in 1943 and the

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in 1945. Following his time in office, Campbell served as president of the

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, and then president of the

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from 1947 to 1948 and the

(now the World Curling Federation) from 1968 until his death in 1978. He was inducted into the

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in 1973, and the

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in 1990. The

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for sportsmanship at the

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is named in his honour. On the ice, he played

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for Ontario at the 1951

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, Canada's national men's curling championship.

Personal life

Campbell was married to Vera Smith and had five children. He died at the

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1901 births 1978 deaths Canadian military personnel from Ontario Canadian mining engineers Canadian Army personnel of World War II Canadian generals Liberal Party of Canada MPs Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Elgin County Queen's University at Kingston alumni Curlers from Toronto Politicians from Toronto Canadian sportsperson-politicians Canadian people of Scottish descent Curling Canada presidents Royal Canadian Engineers officers {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub

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