Edward Clarke Campbell was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. He represented Niagara (town)

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara-on-the-Lake is a Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region of the southern part of the province of Ontario. It is located across the Niagara river from Youngstown, New York, USA...

 in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...

 from 1841 to 1842.

He was the son of Major Edward Campbell, a native of Argyllshire, Scotland

Scotland

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. Campbell studied law with Robert Dickson

Robert Dickson (Upper Canada politician)

Robert Dickson was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born at Newark in 1796, the son of William Dickson, a member of the Legislative Council. He studied in Edinburgh and settled in Niagara...

, later practising in partnership with Dickson. In 1830, he married Ann Isabella Burns. He defeated Henry John Boulton

Henry John Boulton

Henry John Boulton, QC was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born at Little Holland House, Kensington, England, the son of D’Arcy Boulton, in 1790. Some time later, the family settled in New York state and then moved to Upper Canada around 1800. He studied law at York ...

 by one vote in the election held in 1841. The election being appealed, Campbell was appointed judge for the Niagara District court and Boulton was elected in the by-election held in September 1842. Campbell was a successful horticulturist and was president of the local Mechanics' Institute for ten years. He served on the bench until his death from pneumonia

Pneumonia

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