Robert Campbell (New Zealand politician)

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

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

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]

  1. ^ "Robert Campbell". Otago Daily Times. No. 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. No. 174. 2 December 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Married". The Press. Vol. XIV, no. 1878. 22 April 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 99.
  6. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 75.