James Campbell (1845 – 16 September 1893) was a politician in colonial Australia, member of the

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1882 to 1886, and the

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1892 until his death. Campbell was born in

Millport, Cumbrae Millport (Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhuilinn) is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of mainland Britain, in the council area of North Ayrshire. The town is south of the ferry terminal that links the i ...

, Scotland. and came to Victoria with his father, Mathew Campbell, in 1853. Mathew Campbell founded an engineering business at Ballarat, amassed wealth, and left his family in good circumstances. The business came into James Campbell's hands in 1863, and he stuck to it with great success until 1878, when he retired in order to travel. He paid visits to Europe in 1870, 1873, and 1878, and had a grand tour through Asia in 1886. Campbell represented

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in the council from November 1882 until resigning around May 1886. He was

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10 April 1884 to 18 February 1886. Campbell's travels through India, China, and Japan, and his journey across Siberia and through the Holy Land, furnished material for a series of well-written articles from his pen, and for a number of very interesting lectures which he delivered in Ballarat and elsewhere after his return. After attempting but failing to win the

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against

Thomas Bent Sir Thomas Bent (7 December 1838 – 17 September 1909) was an Australian politician and the 22nd Premier of Victoria. Early life Bent was born in Penrith, New South Wales the eldest of four sons and two daughters of James Bent, a hotel-keeper ...

in 1889, Campbell represented Benalla and Yarrawonga in the Assembly from May 1892 until his death on 16 September 1893. Campbell died of stomach cancer in

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and was buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, James 1845 births 1893 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Burials in Victoria (Australia) Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia 19th-century Australian politicians People from North Ayrshire People associated with Scottish islands People from Ballarat