Gordon Peter Campbell

Gordon Peter Campbell (3 October 1898 – 16 January 1964) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman.

Biography A lawyer by profession, he was senior partner at the Toronto firm of Campbell, Godfrey and Lewtas.

Campbell was a senior fundraiser for the Liberal Party of Canada and served as counsel to the Lake Shipping Association and the East Elevators Association. He was one of the first proponents of offshore radio, and recommended that commercial radio stations be established off the coasts of Canada.

In the 1930s, he played a role in the drafting of the Canada Shipping Act of 1934, Canada's first attempt to regulate the shipping industry which had previously been regulated by laws inherited from Britain.

He was named King's Counsel in 1939.

Campbell was appointed to the Senate by William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1943 and sat in the chamber as a Liberal until his death at the age of 65.

Later in his career, Campbell was vice-president of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Crown Trust and was president of several shipping firms. He was also a director of Argus Corporation.

He played a role in the development of Collingwood, Ontario as a centre for skiing with his ownership of Blue Mountain Resorts Ltd.