Gordon Peter Campbell

Who was Gordon Peter Campbell?

Gordon Peter Campbell was a Canadian Senator, lawyer and businessman.

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 managed the party's financial affairs during the 1940 federal election.

In the 1930s he founded the Centurian Club, a non-partisan service organization with a mandate to interest young people in politics.

Campbell was born in Ridgetown, Ontario. As a youth, he earned pocket money by working in the general store and operating a dance hall with friends that, on one occasion, featured a young Guy Lombardo conducting the orchestra.

He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1923 and became a junior partner in the Toronto firm of Arnoldi, Parry and Campbell. He initially focussed on litigation but later switched to corporate and taxation law.

He became particularly involved with maritime law 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.