Hugh McLean Campbell, sometimes known as Her Majesty Campbell, was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Background
Campbell was born in Te Aute near Pukehou in the Hawke"s Bay. His father, Hugh Campbell, was a sheep farmer in Australia, then in Wanaka, and finally in Poukawa south of Hastings. His mother, Margaret Gardiner, died when he was only three years old.
Career
They encouraged him to become politically active and replace the conservative politician Sir William Russell, who had retired from the Hawke"s Bay electorate at the 1905 election. Campbell first stood in the Hawke"s Bay electorate in the 1911 election and defeated the Liberal candidate in the second ballot. He was re-elected in 1925, and defeated in 1935 in the strong swing towards the Labour Party.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Meda
He was chairman of the board of directors of The Dominion newspaper from 1934 to 1950. Campbell died on his farm on 22 May 1951.
Membership
He became a member of the Reform Party and was defeated in 1914, re-elected in 1919 and retired in 1922 due to ill-health.