Gordon Campbell
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Gordon Campbell OBC |
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| Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
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In office September 15, 2011 – July 19, 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
Stephen Harper Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | James R. Wright |
| Succeeded by | Janice Charette |
| 34th Premier of British Columbia | |
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In office June 5, 2001 – March 14, 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Garde Gardom Iona Campagnolo Steven Point |
| Preceded by | Ujjal Dosanjh |
| Succeeded by | Christy Clark |
| Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia | |
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In office February 17, 1994 – June 5, 2001 |
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| Premier |
Mike Harcourt Glen Clark Dan Miller Ujjal Dosanjh |
| Preceded by | Fred Gingell (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Joy MacPhail |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Point Grey |
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In office May 28, 1996 – March 15, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Darlene Marzari |
| Succeeded by | Christy Clark |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Quilchena |
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In office February 17, 1994 – May 28, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Art Cowie |
| Succeeded by | Colin Hansen |
| 35th Mayor of Vancouver | |
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In office 1986 – September 11, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Harcourt |
| Succeeded by | Philip Owen |
| Personal details | |
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Gordon Muir Campbell January 12, 1948 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | British Columbia Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy née Chipperfield |
| Relations | Michael Campbell (brother) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College (BA) Simon Fraser University (MBA) |
| Occupation | Real estate developer, Politician, Teacher, Diplomat |
| Religion | Anglican |
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Gordon Muir Campbell, OBC (born January 12, 1948) is a Canadian diplomat and politician who was the 35th Mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993 and the 34th Premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011. He was the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, which was re-elected for a third term on May 12, 2009, and which holds a majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. From 2011 to 2016, he was the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. From 2014 to 2016, he was also Canada’s Representative to the Ismaili Imamat.
Campbell was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father, Charles Gordon (Chargo) Campbell, was a physician and an Assistant Dean of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, until his suicide in 1961 when Gordon was 13. His mother Peg was a kindergarten assistant at University Hill Elementary School. Charles and his wife, Peg, had four children. Gordon grew up in West Point Grey and went to Stride Elementary, and University Hill Secondary School where he was student council president. While there he was accepted by Dartmouth College, an Ivy League institution in New Hampshire where he had received a scholarship and a job offer so he could afford fees.
Campbell intended to study medicine but was persuaded by three English professors to shift his focus to English and urban management, earning a BA degree in English. At Dartmouth, in 1969, he received a $1,500 Urban Studies Fellowship that made it possible for him to work in Vancouver’s city government. At that time Campbell met Art Phillips, a city councilor and future mayor of Vancouver.
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