Gordon Muir Campbell, MLA (born January 12, 1948, in Vancouver, British Columbia), is a Canadian politician and former real estate developer and teacher. As the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, which holds a majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, he is the 34th Premier of British Columbia and was re-elected for a third term on May 12, 2009, the fourth in British Columbia to do so. Trained as a teacher, his politica...
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Gordon Muir Campbell, MLA (born January 12, 1948, in Vancouver, British Columbia), is a Canadian politician and former real estate developer and teacher. As the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, which holds a majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, he is the 34th Premier of British Columbia and was re-elected for a third term on May 12, 2009, the fourth in British Columbia to do so. Trained as a teacher, his political career began as executive assistant to Vancouver Mayor Art Phillips until 1976. He worked as a development manager and developer until 1986, when he became the 40th Mayor of Vancouver.
Campbell's father, Charles Gordon (Chargo) Campbell, was a doctor 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...
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