12 Facts About Barry Campbell

Barry Campbell served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Barry Campbell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1971, a Bachelor of Laws from McGill Law School in 1975, and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1977.

Barry Campbell is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, and has done work for the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Barry Campbell was involved with the Liberal Party for many years before running for office himself, and volunteered for Pierre Elliott Trudeau's campaign in his youth.

Barry Campbell was recruited by the party leadership in 1992, and won the Liberal nomination for St Paul's late in the year.

Barry Campbell defeated star Progressive Conservative candidate Isabel Bassett by a significant margin in the election, as the Liberals won a majority government nationally.

Barry Campbell was not appointed to cabinet by Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and served as a government backbencher.

Barry Campbell was named as vice-chairman of the House of Commons Finance Committee, co-chaired the party's 1994 national convention, and was chosen as chair of the Metro-Toronto Liberal caucus.

Barry Campbell served as chair of APCO Worldwide's Canadian office and later became a senior counsellor for APCO Worldwide, as well as running his own Barry R Campbell Strategies Inc.

In one of Barry Campbell's lobbying situations, at and around the same time he was lobbying the federal Department of Finance, he was organizing a fundraising event that raised about $70,000 for then-junior federal minister of finance Jim Peterson.

Barry Campbell supported John Tory's bid to become Mayor of Toronto in 2003, and was one of 29 co-chairs in the Tory campaign.

Barry Campbell worked as a Toronto fundraiser in Paul Martin's bid to lead the Liberal Party in 2003.