Daniel Stodhart Campbell (1812 – 28 April 1875) was a merchant and politician in colonial

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, a member of the

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. Campbell was born in

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, London, England, the son of a clergyman. Campbell emigrated to Sydney in 1838 and soon overlanded to the

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(later to become the colony of Victoria) in January 1839 and worked as a merchant. In November 1856, Campbell was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for

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, a position he held until August 1859. Campbell died at his residence Vaucluse,

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, on 28 April 1875.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Daniel Stodhart 1812 births 1875 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from Camberwell English emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians