Isaac Campbell, (June 19, 1853 – August 13, 1929) was a lawyer and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1888 to 1891 in the

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as a

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. He was born in

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, Kent County,

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, the son of Duncan Campbell, and was educated there, at the Canadian Literary Institute (later Woodstock College) and at

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. Campbell was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1878, to the Bar of Manitoba in 1882 and to the Bar of the North-West Territories in 1889. He practised law in

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with John Stanley Hough; this partnership later became the basis of the legal firm Thompson Dorfman Sweatman. From 1886 to 1906, Campbell was solicitor for the city of Winnipeg. In 1890, he was named

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. From 1891 to 1898, Campbell was president of the Law Society of Manitoba; he also served as president of the

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and as vice-president of the

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. In 1891, Campbell resigned his seat in the Manitoba assembly to run unsuccessfully for the

seat in the Canadian House of Commons, losing to

Hugh John Macdonald Sir Hugh John Macdonald, (March 13, 1850 – March 29, 1929) was the only surviving son of the first prime minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald. He too was a politician, serving as a member of the House of Commons of Canada and a federal cabi ...

. He also was a director for the

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. In 1908, he married Mary B. Niles (née Taylor). Campbell died at home in Winnipeg at the age of 76.

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