Robert Campbell (New Zealand politician)

Robert Campbell (8 January 1843 – 10 December 1889) was a 19th-century New Zealand Member of Parliament representing Oamaru (Otago).

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1866–1869 4th Oamaru Independent

Born near London, the son of Robert "Tertius" Campbell, he came to New Zealand in 1860.[1][2] On 2 December 1868 in Christchurch, he married Emma Josephine Hawdon, the eldest daughter of Joseph Hawdon, a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council.[3] (His wife's sister later married Edward Wingfield Humphreys.[4])

He represented the Oamaru electorate from 1866 to 9 April 1869, when he resigned.[5] He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 13 May 1870 and served on it until he died on 10 December 1889.[6]

Notes
  1. "Robert Campbell". Otago Daily Times (8686). 25 December 1889. p. 6.
  2. McDonald, D. C. "Campbell, Robert". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. "Marriage". The Star (174). 2 December 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  4. "Married". The Press. XIV (1878). 22 April 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. Scholefield 1950, p. 99.
  6. Scholefield 1950, p. 75.

References
  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
New Zealand Parliament
New constituency Member of Parliament for Oamaru
1866–1869		 Succeeded by
Charles Christie Graham


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