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Coline M. Campbell
MP for South Western Nova
In office
8 July 1974 – 22 May 1979
Preceded byCharles Haliburton
Succeeded byCharles Haliburton
MP for South West Nova
In office
18 February 1980 – 4 September 1984
Preceded byCharles Haliburton
Succeeded byGerald Comeau
MP for South West Nova
In office
21 November 1988 – 25 October 1993
Preceded byGerald Comeau
Succeeded byHarry Verran
Personal details
Born (1940-09-26) 26 September 1940 (age 84)
Digby County, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
OccupationLawyer, teacher, politician

Coline M. Campbell (born 26 September 1940) is a former member of the House of Commons of Canada in the 30th (1974–1979), 32nd (1980–1984) and 34th (1988–1993) Canadian Parliaments. Campbell was the first woman from Nova Scotia elected to the House of Commons.[1]

Before politics

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Prior to entering politics, Campbell was a teacher and lawyer.

Political career

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Campbell was first elected in the 1974 federal election at the South Western Nova electoral district for the Liberal Party. She served as a backbench supporter of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's government. After her first term in Parliament, she was defeated by Charles E. Haliburton of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party in the 1979 federal election; following electoral redistribution in 1976, her riding had been renamed South West Nova.

Following the short-lived Progressive Conservative minority government of Joe Clark, she was re-elected at South West Nova in 1980.[2] She served as a government-side backbencher under Pierre Trudeau and John Turner until the 1984 Canadian federal election, when she lost the seat again to PC challenger Gerald Comeau.[2]

Her last term in Parliament began with her second comeback in the 1988 federal election.[2] She served in opposition under John Turner and Jean Chrétien. She did not seek another term in Parliament after this and left federal politics as of the 1993 federal election.[2]

Electoral Record

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1974 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Coline Campbell 15,066 49.10 7.49
Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton 13,841 45.11 -5.07
New Democratic Yvonne Coe 1,610 5.25 -1.77
Social Credit Cecilia Zwicker 164 0.53 -0.67
Total valid votes 30,681 100.00
1979 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton 16,512 44.47 -0.64
Liberal Coline Campbell 16,398 44.17 -4.93
New Democratic Ian MacPherson 4,217 11.36 +6.11
Total valid votes 37,127 100.00
1980 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Coline Campbell 19,151 49.82 +5.65
Progressive Conservative Charles Haliburton 14,151 36.81 -7.66
New Democratic John Lee 4,922 12.80 +1.44
Independent Anne Trudell 216 0.56
Total valid votes 38,440 100.00
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1984 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gerald Comeau 20,604 50.59 +13.78
Liberal Coline Campbell 17,044 41.85 -7.97
New Democratic Bob Ritchie 3,076 7.55 -5.25
Total valid votes 40,724 100.00
1988 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Coline Campbell 21,062 50.01 +8.16
Progressive Conservative Gerald Comeau 17,482 41.51 -9.08
New Democratic Peter Zavitz 2,396 5.69 -1.86
Christian Heritage Angus M. McLean 1,172 2.78
Total valid votes 42,112 100.00

References

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  1. ^ PARLINFO - Parliamentary File - Complete File - CAMPBELL, Coline M., B.A., B.Ed., LL.B. Library of Parliament
  2. ^ a b c d Hill, Tony L. (2002). Canadian politics, riding by riding: an in-depth analysis of Canada's 301 federal electoral districts. Prospect Park Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-9723436-0-1.
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