Fred Campbell (Australian politician)


Frederick Alexander Campbell was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Campbell was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Matthew Hale Campbell and his wife Annie Jessie. He was educated in Brisbane and worked in the family poultry business after he left school. He later was an insurance officer specializing in fire and general insurance.
On the 14th May 1936 he married Ellen McConachie and together had a son and two daughters. Campbell died in September 1995 and was cremated at Albany Creek Crematorium.

Public career

Campbell, for the Liberal Party, won the new seat of Aspley at the 1960 Queensland state election. He represented the seat for twenty years before retiring at the 1980 state election
Nicknamed affectionately as "Chooky" by the then Labor opposition, Campbell held several ministerial portfolios whilst in politics including: