13 Facts About Ralph Campney

Ralph Campney attended Picton Collegiate and graduated at 16, beginning a career as a rural school teacher.

In 1914, Ralph Campney entered Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, studying medicine.

In March 1915, Ralph Campney enlisted in the Canadian Army with No 5 Stationary Hospital.

In 1917, Ralph Campney was commissioned into the infantry, joining the 19th Canadian Infantry Battalion after the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Ralph Campney served with the unit until the Battle of Passchendaele when he was invalided to England.

In England, Ralph Campney transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and remained with the unit until the Armistice.

Ralph Campney entered Osgoode Hall to study law and in 1924, was called to the bar.

Ralph Campney was secretary to the Canadian delegation to the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in Fall 1924.

In 1929, Ralph Campney became private secretary to the Minister of Trade and Commerce James Malcolm.

Ralph Campney left Ottawa in 1929 and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, to practice law.

Ralph Campney resigned from the position and returned to his private law practice.

Ralph Campney ran for the first time as a Liberal nominee in a federal by-election in the riding of Vancouver Centre in 1948, where he was defeated.

Ralph Campney ran again the following year in the general election, where he was elected to the House of Commons and was re-elected in 1953.