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  Gordon Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campbell's tenure is most noted for the development of the Expo lands, the re-development of the Yaletown neighbourhood, and the foundation of the Coal Harbour residential community.
Campbell became leader of the BC Liberal Party in 1993, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly next year in a Vancouver-Quilchena by-election.
Campbell removed the six-year long tuition freeze that was placed on the BC universities and colleges by the previous NDP government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_Campbell   (1667 words)

  
 Campbell, Gordon
Campbell's reasons for being there, Lucht says, were like his own: "It was a sense of adventure and it was also a sense of wanting to contribute something."
Campbell promises to deliver a "dramatic" cut in income tax, beginning within 90 days of the next election, with an eye to making the rate the lowest in the country.
Elaborating on those core points in person, Campbell shows one benefit of the years spent courting support from the shadows of opposition: he appears far more confident and convincing on issues beyond those of the lower B.C. mainland than he was in 1996.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011952   (2053 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
Campbell, 55, was arrested on the early morning of Jan. 10 on the two-lane Honoapiilani Highway near the Napilihau residential subdivision in West Maui while driving a rental car toward Kaanapali.
Campbell's driving was erratic, sometimes hitting his brakes, and he almost crossed into a lane that had a motor vehicle going in the opposite direction, he said.
Campbell was recorded to have 0.161 percent blood-alcohol in a field sobriety test and was tested at the police station in Wailuku to have an official blood-alcohol of 0.149 percent, well above the state limit of 0.08 percent, Simonds said.
starbulletin.com /2003/03/25/news/story8.html   (551 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell fears attacks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Campbell is regularly flanked by at least three plainclothes RCMP officers nearly everywhere he goes now.
University, said Campbell has made a few enemies through his government's cutbacks, but he was still surprised by the sale of his long-time home.
This Man Gordon Campbell has brought all this nonsense on himself, when the BC Liberals think nothing of mis-using Legislation, to justify his cuts that have harmed children, families, in BC, and have caused many deaths.
www.fathers.ca /gordon_campbell_fears_attacks.htm   (632 words)

  
 Meet Gordon
Gordon Campbell was sworn in as British Columbia's 34th Premier on June 5, 2001.
Gordon was elected leader of the B.C. Liberal Party in September 1993.
He was elected to the B.C. Legislature in 1994 in a by-election to represent the riding of Vancouver-Quilchena and was re-elected in 1996, 2001, and 2005 for Vancouver-Point Grey.
www.gordoncampbell.ca   (189 words)

  
 CBC - British Columbia Votes 2005 - Parties and Leaders - BIO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Campbell won 77 of the 79 seats in 2001 in the largest majority in B.C. history, as voters turned their backs on the NDP, which had been in power for a decade.
In 1993, Campbell became the leader of the B.C. Liberal Party, after former leader Gordon Wilson was forced to resign over a love affair with then-MLA Judy Tyabji.
Campbell's Liberals had a big lead in the polls going into the 1996 election, but the NDP still managed to eke out more seats despite winning fewer total votes.
www.cbc.ca /bcvotes2005/parties/gordon_campbell.html   (739 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell Comments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Premier Gordon Campbell was the target of two rowdy protests Thursday.
Earlier in the day, he was dogged by student protesters at UBC, where Campbell was helping announce $10 million in funding to upgrade the university library.
Campbell started his day off amid a protest at the University of B.C. that turned into a shoving match.
www.fathers.ca /gordon_campbell_comments.htm   (702 words)

  
 The Right Honorable Kim Campbell on The Paula Gordon Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Campbell speaks fondly of Canadiansâ deeply held feelings about their country and a notable sense of unity she contrasts to very real regional differences she has experienced in the U.S. Canada and the U.S. are two very different countries, she reminds us, both committed to a democratic ideal.
Campbell explains the many implications of Canada and America being each otherâs largest trading partner and describes some of the challenges of being neighbor to a superpower.
Campbell speaks to the need for institutions to be more inclusive, suggesting what America might learn from the experiences of other countries working to be more democratic.
www.paulagordon.com /shows/kcampbell   (1235 words)

  
 Craig V. Randall v. Gordon A. Campbell (California 01/11/2005)
Meanwhile, Campbell retained the right to convert [*3] his initial investment to common stock in the new corporation, at $ 1 per share, at the end of one year or upon the earlier sale of the company to a third party.
According to Campbell, his wife performed certain services for the company at his request, which she was well qualified to do, given her economics degree and her extensive experience in business management.
The court thus gave judgment for defendants Campbell [*9] and Ligeti on the complaint, and it gave judgment for cross-defendant Randall on the cross- complaint.
www.assetprotectionbook.com /CA_Randall-Campbell_2005.htm   (7247 words)

  
 Penmachine.com: Why Gordon Campbell should have resigned, but why it's good he didn't | Derek K. Miller, Writer & ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Don argues strenuously that B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell is right not to have resigned after he was caught driving (quite) drunk in Hawaii recently, especially when compared to his elected predecessor, Glen Clark, who did resign when under investigation for corruption charges (which he later beat, though I'm not sure he should have).
Campbell judged poorly, well in advance of drinking anything, that he knew what he was doing when he drove where he could serve himself a slew of martinis and glasses of wine.
Campbell injured or killed no one, I have come to think that his DUI charge is, on balance, a good thing, however twisted that sounds.
www.penmachine.com /2003/01/why-gordon-campbell-should-have.html   (947 words)

  
 BC Liberals - Biography
Campbell inherited a provincial economy that was among the worst in the country.
Campbell and the B.C. Liberals vowed to fix the economy and bring in a new era of hope and prosperity.
Gordon Campbell is married to his wife of 34 years, Nancy.
www.bcliberals.com /premier   (700 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell, MD
Gordon Campbell, MD Gordon Campbell, M.D. Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Campbell is a member of the American Medical Association and its local state and county affiliates, the Radiological Society of North America, the American College of Radiology, Society of Nuclear Medicine, American College of Physician Executives and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Campbell holds the appointment of Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology with the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
www.uicomp.uic.edu /radres/campbell.htm   (239 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
British Columbia's attorney general says he is concerned that an RCMP wiretap recorded an innocent phone call between Premier Gordon Campbell and his then-finance minister in 2003, slightly before police raided...
Premier Gordon Campbell promised Friday that his government will boost the $325 monthly shelter allowance for the province's poorest residents, saying he cannot tolerate the rising numbers of homeless people...
Campbell gives no indication of how much the assistance will rise, as NDP critic demands to know, 'How are people supposed to get through this winter?' The B.C. government will increase the shelter allowance...
www.topix.net /ca/gordon-campbell   (721 words)

  
 Oxford Journals | Humanities | Review of English Studies | Gordon Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gordon Campbell, MA, DPhil, DLitt, Dr hc, FRHistS, FRGS, is Professor of Renaissance Studies at University of Leicester.
Professor Campbell's research interests are centred in the history and culture of Renaissance Europe; his particular interest is in John Milton.
Professor Campbell edited Renaissance Studies (OUP) for ten years and was for five years series editor of Essays and Studies (Boydell and Brewer).
www.oxfordjournals.org /revesj/gordon_campbell.html   (165 words)

  
 B.C. premier Gordon Campbell arrested in Hawaii
Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii - British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell was arrested for drunk driving and jailed for eight hours Friday while vacationing in Hawaii.
Campbell was driving a rented Honda sport utility vehicle when he was stopped at 12:59 a.m.
The incident will be politically damaging to Campbell and his government but it is not known how it will ultimately affect his career.
www.nupge.ca /news_2003/n11ja03a.htm   (419 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell's 'Mr. Good News' Strategy :: thetyee.ca
Gordon Campbell is the one who is responsible for bringing this province back from the brink of disaster where it had been led blindly by idiotic NDP and their craven desire to cater to big union.
Campbell supporters are as disconnected with their humanity and conscience as are the war munition communities who support war mongering in the USA.
The Campbell lieberals are facilitating the wishes of the american backers who financed and run the spinn that we are subjected too..
thetyee.ca /Views/2004/07/16/Gordon_Campbells_Mr_Good_News_Strategy   (7336 words)

  
 Techfarm - Executive Team - Gordon A. Campbell
Gordon Campbell founded and operated a number of Silicon Valley technology companies.
Additionally, he's known as the father of the fabless semiconductor industry - a model that represents 20% of the semiconductor industry and is currently used by thousands of companies - worth $45 billion in revenue per year.
Campbell currently serves as chairman of the board of directors at a number of portfolio companies, including NuCORE, Quantum3D and Rapport, Incorporated and is on the board of directors for Palm, Inc. and Bell Micro products, Inc.
www.techfarm.com /campbell.html   (274 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell (VC) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell VC, DSO and 2 Bars, Croix de guerre avec Palmes, Legion d'Honneur (January 6, 1886 - July 3, 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Campbell also commanded HMS Dunraven during the action of 8 August 1917 when she was sunk by UC-71.
Campbell's brother, Sir Edward Campbell, was also a Member of Parliament.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_Campbell,_VC   (415 words)

  
 PND - - Newsmaker - Gordon J. Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, Safe Horizon
In his more than ten years of service in New York City government, Campbell has been a deputy director in the mayor's Office of Operations and the director of the city's Division of AIDS Services, which he created, organized, and staffed.
Campbell received his Juris Doctor from the University of Washington Law School and his Masters in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Gordon Campbell: Safe Horizon was founded in 1978 and is the nation's leading victim assistance and advocacy organization.
foundationcenter.org /pnd/newsmakers/nwsmkr.jhtml?id=10100015   (2718 words)

  
 BCFiberals.com - Home of Citizens Rule Blog - Anti-Liberal Government Music and Website
Gordon Campbell's exhaltations of the British two-tier ppp health system goes tits up in his face the very next day as their chief systems executive resigns with their hospital system mired in chaos wrought by cost-cutting from profit-seeking and competition with a deficit nearing $1.6 billion..
Meanwhile, Gordon Campbell hightailed it out of town immediately to avoid any responsibilty or questioning, taking his brother in law, an admitted advocate of two-tier medicine on a junket to Europe to investigate for profit health care models (and drink vodka in brothels).
I'm furious at the way Gordon Campbell's Liberals use misinformation to spin their agenda and divide the issues one from the other with the intent of dividing the people.
bcfiberals.com   (4453 words)

  
 Gordon Campbell, Financial Genius? :: thetyee.ca
As premier, Campbell has introduced sizeable salary and benefit increases for senior bureaucrats; expanded his own office staff to include nearly a dozen deputy and assistant deputy ministers at any one time; retained numerous highly paid consultants for "special projects" reporting personally to him; and overseen a dramatic growth in taxpayer-funded, politically partisan government advertising.
Both Campbell and Collins forecasted large deficits in their first two years (though not as large as those delivered, which is directly attributable to SARS).
Campbell is a world class carpet bagger, sowing his seeds of ill will with greedy types who want more.
thetyee.ca /Views/2006/07/19/PublicAccounts   (8686 words)

  
 Campbell pledges more help for welfare recipients, mentally ill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Premier Gordon Campbell promised to boost B.C.'s shelter rates for welfare recipients and build better facilities for the mentally ill, among other pledges in a speech Friday.
Campbell also told the mayors that the province will provide new incentives to build new facilities to help people with mental illnesses and addictions.
Campbell is providing few details, but he is promising more facilities, better care and more services for the mentally ill. That will include the Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam and small community-based facilities with as few as three or four beds.
www.cbc.ca /canada/british-columbia/story/2006/10/27/bc-campbell-welfare.html   (1501 words)

  
 B.C. premier fined for drunk driving   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gordon Campbell was not in the court for the hearing.
Campbell is sufficiently embarrassed and ashamed for what he did, as well he should be," said Maui District Judge Reinette Cooper.
Speaking in Victoria Monday afternoon, Campbell said he'll live with the consequences of his drunk driving conviction for the rest of his life.
www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2003/03/24/campbell030324.html   (1165 words)

  
 My dream is better than Campbell’s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But Gordon Campbell cut funding to education, which made my classes so big I couldn’t get the help I needed to keep my grades up.
That’s ok. I’ll just wait until my rich friends who can afford to go to college or university spur the economy by spending the money from their parents’ tax break so that I can work extra shifts at McDonalds because there is such a great demand.
But Gordon Campbell got me fired for trying to unionize my workplace.
www.bctf.bc.ca /ezine/archive/2001-2002/2002-04/support/12MyDream.html   (415 words)

  
 CAMPBELL, Bruce Gordon
CAMPBELL, Bruce Gordon - 54, artist, musician, anthropologist, and archaeologist died of cancer Sept. 8, in Santa Fe, NM.
Born in San Francisco on May 4, 1948, Bruce was the son of Dr. Douglas Gordon Campbell, a noted psychiatrist, and his wife Marian Van Tuyl, the founder of the School of Dance at Mills College.
He will be greatly missed by his beloved daughter, Alea, her mother, Staci Matlock, his brother, Bob Campbell, his sister, Gail Campbell, and a devoted circle of friends from coast to coast.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/09/27/MNCAMPBELL3.DTL   (505 words)

  
 The Session: Tunes - Gordon Campbell's Mess (reel)
Gordon Campbell is a piper who I think still lives in Edinburgh.
I don't know about 'regular forces' but, like Kenny, I remember Gordon from Aberdeen, and from Bells, and he is a force to be reckoned with.
He was actually in the Gordons for a couple of years before University.
www.thesession.org /tunes/display/5240   (545 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Renaissance Art and Architecture: Books: Gordon Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Campbell's introductory, geographically arranged overview covers the art, architecture, and gardens in Europe from 1415 to 1618.
The wealth of names and ideas are then expanded upon in a thematic index, which offers a comprehensive listing of people associated with countries or professions, as well as terms, and in the alphabetically arranged main entries.
Campbell is thorough and rarely uninteresting, and Renaissance Art and Architecture is recommended for academic, museum, and larger public libraries.
amazon.com /Renaissance-Art-Architecture-Gordon-Campbell/dp/019860985X   (1042 words)

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