Robert Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Member of North Down Borough Council | |
| In office 30 May 1973 –18 May 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Council established |
| Succeeded by | Maisie McMullan |
| Constituency | North Down Area C |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down | |
| In office 28 June 1973 –1974 | |
| Preceded by | Assembly founded |
| Succeeded by | Assembly abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1914 (age 111–112) County Down,Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Party | Unionist Party NI (from 1974) |
| Other political affiliations | Ulster Unionist (until 1974) |
Robert Victor Campbell (born 1914 [1] ) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.
Campbell was educated at the Coleraine Academical Institution and the Belfast Technical College. [1]
Campbell was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) alderman in North Down,and on 23 November 1972,he was made a freeman of the Borough of North Down –only the sixth person to receive the title. [2] At the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections,he was elected to the reconstituted North Down Borough Council,topping the poll in North Down C, [3] and he was also elected at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election in North Down. [4]
Campbell subsequently resigned from the UUP and joined the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. He stood again in North Down for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention,but was not elected, [4] and did not contest his council seat in 1977. [3]