Robert Campbell

Robert, Bobby or Bob Campbell may refer to:

Politicians

Robert Campbell (California politician)

Robert J. Campbell (born December 20, 1937) is an American politician who served 16 years in the California State Assembly, from 1980 to 1996. He represented the 11th district. He is a Democrat.

Biography

His family settled in Richmond, California when he was a child. After high school graduation he attended Contra Costa College and San Francisco State University, where he received a B.A. degree in 1961. He later received an M.A. in history from the University of California, Berkeley. He served in the U.S. Army and the California National Guard from 1961 to 1972. He worked in the insurance industry.

Political career

He developed an interest in politics while still in college and worked on several election campaigns. He was elected to the Richmond city council in 1975. In 1980 he was elected to the state Assembly as a Democrat and won re-election seven times in the heavily Democratic district. His priorities were education and environmental protection. He chaired the Ways and Means subcommittee on education for six years and served on the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee for 15 years. He was often the author of bills involving funding for schools and community colleges.

Robert Campbell (Nova Scotia politician)

Robert Campbell (1718 – January 3, 1775) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia and represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1775.

He came to Halifax in 1749 with Edward Cornwallis. Campbell was among those who petitioned for the establishment of representative government for Nova Scotia in 1757.

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