Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (1863-1917)

Rancher, soldier, MLA (1903-1907), MLA (1908-1910).

Born at Fort Pelly, Saskatchewan 23 October 1863, the son of Robert Campbell (Hudson’s Bay Company Factor and explorer) and of Eleonora Stirling, both of Perthshire, Scotland. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh. After a brief stay in Fort Pelly he went to Montana, returning in 1882 to the Elphinstone area of Manitoba where his father farmed. In 1883 he crossed Riding Mountain and took up ranching land in the Gilbert Plains area. Serving with the Boulton Scouts during the North West Rebellion of 1885, he was promoted to a Captaincy in the field.

On 1 April 1886 he married Harriet Burns, Okansase, and had four children; by a second marriage he had one child.

Campbell was elected Conservative MLA for Gilbert Plains in 1903, and again in 1907, after two unsuccessful attempts in 1892 and 1896 against Theodore A. Burrows. In 1908, he resigned his provincial seat to contest the federal riding of Dauphin successfully, but was defeated in 1911. He was appointed Chief Inspector of Indian Affairs for the West in 1912.

At the outbreak of World War I, Campbell formed the 79^th Battalion, Brandon, and rose to the rank of Major. He then recruited the 107^th Battalion and went to France as its Lieutenant-Colonel. He won the Distinguished Service Order. He died in France on 20 October 1917.

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Profile revised: 6 April 2008

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