Education
Campion was a queen scout and attended Street Georges Preparatory School and Wanganui Collegiate.
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He was captain of the Wanganui under 21 rugby team He took a tourism delegation including the Ngate Poneke concert group, New Zealand Agridome to the Calgary Stampede and Edmington Klondike days in Canada. Campion was a successful Romney Study Sheep Breeder at Okirae farm situated East of Wanganui.
Campion married Margaret Neilson of Wanganui.
They had four children (Kirsty, Amanda, Meg and Duncan). Once in Parliament, Campion quickly became associated with Michael Laws, Hamish MacIntyre and Gilbert Myles in objecting to the monetarist policy of Ruth Richardson, known as Ruthanasia, which the fourth National Government was following.
He announced his resignation from the National Party on 3 March 1993, and accused the party of attempting to rig the reselection process against him. Campion remained an Independent for the remainder of his term, up to the 1993 general election in November.
Campion died of bowel cancer in 1995, which encouraged Laws in championing an unsuccessful "with Dignity Bill" to legalise voluntary euthanasia.
