Coline M. Campbell (born 26 September 1940) is a former member of the

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in the 30th (1974–1979), 32nd (1980–1984) and 34th (1988–1993) Canadian Parliaments. Campbell was the first woman from Nova Scotia elected to the House of Commons.PARLINFO - Parliamentary File - Complete File - CAMPBELL, Coline M., B.A., B.Ed., LL.B.
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Before politics

Prior to entering politics, Campbell was a teacher and lawyer.

Political career

Campbell was first elected in the 1974 federal election at the

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for the

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. She served as a backbench supporter of

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's government. After her first term in Parliament, she was defeated by Charles E. Haliburton of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party in the 1979 federal election; following electoral redistribution in 1976, her riding had been renamed South West Nova. Following the short-lived Progressive Conservative minority government of

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, she was re-elected at South West Nova in

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. She served as a government-side backbencher under Pierre Trudeau and

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until the

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, when she lost the seat again to PC challenger

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. Her last term in Parliament began with her second comeback in the 1988 federal election. She served in opposition under John Turner and

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. She did not seek another term in Parliament after this and left federal politics as of the 1993 federal election.

Electoral record

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* 1940 births Liberal Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Canadian people of Scottish descent Women members of the House of Commons of Canada People from Digby County, Nova Scotia Women in Nova Scotia politics 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century Canadian women politicians {{NovaScotia-MP-stub