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  Larry Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Honourable Lawrence "Larry" W. Campbell, MBA (born February 28, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario) is the outgoing Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and a Member of the Canadian Senate.
Campbell was elected in 2002 under the banner of the left-wing Coalition of Progressive Electors party.
Campbell was also popular for his opposition to the provincial government, led by BC premier Gordon Campbell (no relation).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larry_Campbell   (1166 words)

  
 Larry Campbell: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Larry Campbell (born 1948, in Brantford, Ontario (additional info and facts about Brantford, Ontario)) is the current mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (additional info and facts about Vancouver, British Columbia), Canada (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada).
Campbell was also popular for his opposition to the increasingly unpopular provincial government, led by BC premier Gordon Campbell (additional info and facts about Gordon Campbell) (no relation).
Campbell has openly stated that he is not a socialist (A political advocate of socialism) and instead identifies himself as a moderate centerist.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/larry_campbell.htm   (567 words)

  
 Larry Campbell
Larry Campbell is the current mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Campbell was also popular for his oppositon to the increasingly unpopular provincial government, led by BC premier Gordon Campbell (no relation).
Mayor Campbell sought to undermine the premier's eagerness to host the 2010 Winter Olympics by holding a city-wide referendum on the bid.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Larry_Campbell.html   (252 words)

  
 Larry Joe Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Larry Joe Campbell (born November 29, 1972) is an American actor best known today for his role as "Andy" on the ABC sitcom According to Jim.
Born in Cadillac, Michigan, Campbell received a Bachelor's of Applied Arts in theater at Central Michigan University and and a Master of Arts in theater at Wayne State University.
Campbell performs improvisational comedy with The Second City, and it was there where he was discovered when Bob Saget performed with the group and was impressed enough by Campbell to let his manager know about him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larry_Joe_Campbell   (238 words)

  
 Larry Campbell
Much of Campbell's success with voters was attributed to his charismatic personalty and colorful background.
Campbell was also popular for his opposition to the increasingly unpopular provincial government, led by BC premier Gordon Campbell (no relation).
Campbell's other main project has thusfar been the establishment of safe injection sites to help curb Vancouver's widespread drug problem.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/l/la/larry_campbell.html   (244 words)

  
 Vancouver magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Campbell is a lot of things: a former drug cop, former chief provincial coroner, owner of a successful consulting company and the basis for an award-winning television drama about a crusading coroner.
Somehow, Larry Campbell, the man in the dark suit, the dark shoes and the tie, the man with the silver hair brushed back off his forehead in a tidy wave, has to embrace all those parts of his party.
Larry Campbell’s strategy, it seems, is to maximize the parties’ differences over the drug problem and minimize many (but certainly not all) of the differences elsewhere.
www.vanmag.com /0211/larry.html   (3071 words)

  
 Larry Campbell/Trombone/LSU
Campbell has taught at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and served as principal trombonist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra since 1969.
Campbell has also performed on both tenor tuba and trombone with the New Orleans Symphony, as well as on tenor tuba and bass trumpet with the St. Louis Symphony.
Campbell has written two books, one with a performance tape of the works, and one co-authored called Brass Solo and Study Material Music Guide, as well as over 65 articles and reviews.
www.music.lsu.edu /faculty/lcampbell.html   (559 words)

  
 Larry Campbell's Big Gamble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Larry Campbell is expected to announce next week that he will be running as an independent mayoral candidate in the Vancouver's 2005 municipal election.
Campbell is at his end with the more leftist faction of COPE comprising Tim Louis, Anne Roberts, and Fred Bass, insiders say.
Campbell capped his speech off at the COPE fundraiser, with what might be read by some as a subtle goodbye to the party.
www.thetyee.ca /News/2004/12/09/LarryCampbellBigGamble/print.html   (1538 words)

  
 COPE: LARRY CAMPBELL TO SEEK COPE MAYORAL NOMINATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1996, Larry was appointed BC Chief Coroner, at a time when drug overdose deaths in the province skyrocketed to as high as 400 deaths per year.
Larry advocated publicly for drug use to be considered a health issue and was instrumental in bringing the issue to national attention, leading to the development of the Four-Pillars Approach to Vancouver's drug crisis - enforcement, treatment, prevention and harm reduction.
Larry retired as BC Chief Coroner in 2000, but continued to advocate on behalf of the thousands of people suffering from drug related harm.
cope.bc.ca /index.cfm/fuseaction/news.article/article_ID/764D8E9F-BA7E-47FA-BAC9D33AD385EDED/index.html   (670 words)

  
 ABC.com: ABC's 'According to Jim'
Campbell first hit the stage when he was a junior in high school, where he performed in a follies production with his parents.
A self-proclaimed sports nut, Campbell hasn't forgotten his Michigan roots and is still a big fan of Detroit's football and hockey teams, the Lions and the Red Wings.
Campbell loves sports and, true to his Michigan roots, he is still a great fan of Detroit's football and baseball teams, the Lions and the Tigers.
abc.go.com /primetime/accordingtojim/bios/larry_joe_campbell.html   (592 words)

  
 WILLIAM LAWRENCE CAMPBELL: LARRY CAMPBELL, Cactus Jack. Roswell UFO Archaeologist
Although she knew him as Larry Campbell, for lack of anything else to call him, he became known to most of the locals around the cafe simply as "Cactus Jack." Foster recalls he lived out of an old camper truck when she knew him.
Campbell mentioned on occasion that during World War II he had personally seen some of the mysterious flying objects that harassed flight crews and aviators on both sides of the action called Foo Fighters.
She says Cactus Jack, also known as Larry and sometimes Bill depending on who he was with or who he was talking to, the postmaster or the gas station mechanic down the street, appeared to be in his late 50s when he was a customer at the cafe.
www.geocities.com /upakaascetic/campbell.html   (2428 words)

  
 Senators - Detailed Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
One of Vancouver’s best-known and most admired citizens, Larry W. Campbell has served as mayor since 2002 after a distinguished and high profile career primarily in law enforcement and death investigation.
Larry W. Campbell moved to Vancouver in 1969, working for the RCMP and later becoming a member of the force's Drug Squad.
Larry W. Campbell has a Master's of Business Administration and currently lives with his family in Point Grey.
www.parl.gc.ca /common/senmemb/senate/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=2787&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M   (182 words)

  
 Larry Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Mayor Campbell sought to undermine thepremier's eagerness to host the 2010 Winter Olympics byholding a city-wide referendum on the bid.
The mayor felt that the peopleneeded a say about the Olympics, and since Gordon Campbell refused a provincial-wide referendum, Vancouver was only allowed tohold a non-binding, city-wide plebiscite.
Though Mayor Campbell had originallyportrayed himself as critical of the bid, he eventually joined the "yes" side and began actively campaigning for it.
www.therfcc.org /larry-campbell-192206.html   (238 words)

  
 X-Efficiency: Answer to: Why "Honourable Larry Campbell"???
Campbell, who was born in Brantford, Ont. and moved to the West Coast in 1969, fills the seat vacated last year when Ed Lawson reached the mandatory retirement age for senators of 75.
Campbell, who said he has never been a member of a federal or provincial party, said he'll become a Liberal member and continue to champion at the federal level issues he considers important, such as the need to legalize marijuana possession and adequately fund cities.
Campbell, told of Moore's comment, repeated his 2004 election declaration that the Conservatives were "barbarians at the gates," in part because Harper didn't believe in funnelling federal tax dollars directly to municipalities.
x-efficiency.blogspot.com /2005/08/answer-to-why-honourable-larry.html   (802 words)

  
 An Impregnable Fortress
The landslide election of Larry Campbell and his COPE (Coalition of Progressive Electors) cohorts reveals a massive weakness of conservative ideologists like Ralph Klein, Gordon Campbell and even Paul Martin.
Larry Campbell put forward impressive and practical solutions for resolving the drug problem in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Larry Campbell got people excited about voting—they could make their city a great city.
www3.telus.net /public/pcoombes/LCampbell.htm   (627 words)

  
 thetyee.ca Larry Campbell's Big Gamble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Larry has not been Gordo's buddy, trust me. Larry Campbell also never said that he was against the Olympics, he just wanted a full vote on it, to which he got one.
Larry, the poor may seem overwhelming angry and sometimes theatrical, but we feel we have to often scream, just to be heard.
Campbell is pulling the plug on the shriller end of COPE and bringing in assorted lefty Liberals and ethnics to run a middle of the road operation while he prepares to take on whom ever succeeds Gordo.
www.thetyee.ca /News/current/LarryCampbellBigGamble.htm   (6621 words)

  
 Bob Dylan And The Neverending Tour Band -- Larry Campbell
Campbell is also quick to switch to a supporting role, playing a masterful rhythm part, when Dylan takes lead guitar.
Campbell is also a multi-instrumentalist and in his early years with the band, he played violin and bouzouki onstage.
But after Bucky Baxter left the band in June 1999, Campbell took his spot as the band's utility man. Though Campbell was now playing mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel and slide guitar, he's continued to play a majority of the lead guitar work.
www.members.tripod.com /mathematicalmusic/neverending/campbell.html   (275 words)

  
 CBC British Columbia - Larry Campbell calls it quits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Campbell says he just isn't a politician, and people who expected a politician as mayor, didn't get one.
Campbell says he's not certain what he will do next, but has ruled out running provincially or federally.
That's because with Campbell stepping aside, and COPE still split, there is a chance the NPA could slip up the middle and recapture the mayoralty it lost in the 2002 civic election.
www.cbc.ca /bc/story/bc_campbell-quits20050630.html   (593 words)

  
 Legacy Corridor Committee Web Site : News - Jan. 31, 2003 - Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell endorses Richmond Transit ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The letter, dated Jan. 21, was sent shortly after Campbell's new Coalition of Progressive Electors council voted to spend $20,000 to get an independent review of the controversial plans for the line, which critics have said could cost an unnecessary $2 billion and drain the region of money for more needed transit improvements.
Campbell insisted his signature on the letter didn't commit the city to anything and that all the options are still open, including a rapid bus system that environmental groups and councillors like Fred Bass, Anne Roberts and David Cadman have argued might be the better option.
Campbell said he talked to the COPE caucus about the issue before he went to the premier's office.
www.vpsoftware.com /legacy/p192.htm   (1189 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Ex-cop Larry Campbell elected Vancouver's mayor- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Campbell, the man who inspired the television drama Da Vinci's, says he wants a more compassionate city.
One of Campbell's key campaign pledges was promise to devote more energy to Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside, an area rampant with drug dealers and prostitution.
Campbell, a former RCMP drug officer and coroner, had been leading Clarke and her Non-Partisan Association in polls leading up to the election.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1037539086092_13?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory   (404 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Larry Campbell
Larry Campbell File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons.
Senator Lawrence "Larry" W. Campbell (born February 28, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario) is the current mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and a member of the Canadian Senate.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Larry-Campbell   (383 words)

  
 COPE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Friends of Larry Campbell were set up as a group by November, and the Friends of Larry Campbell website www.mayorlarrycampbell.ca was registered on December 3.
Campbell and friends announced their split on December 14 when they made it clear they were meeting as a separate caucus, doing their own fundraising, and welching on the COPE debt (a debt that was incurred to get them elected).
First, Campbell and his allies are launching a business party to rule Vancouver on behalf of a coalition.
www.leftturn.ca /WillOffley/COPE.asp   (1421 words)

  
 Larry Campbell
Larry Campbell is a Kansas State Represenative, Part owner of GJ Magazine, Family man, and more.
Larry has made three cds and another one is coming soon.
Larry and Friends have played in many different venues around the world including Russia and France.
www.kcchristianmusic.com /store/artist.php?a=larrycampbel   (100 words)

  
 Discussion Forum - Larry Campbell to tour with Emmylou and Elvis Costello   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Larry Campbell will be in the band when Elvis and Emmy Lou perform this summer.
As you probably know, Larry was with Bob Dylan for 7 years and recently stopped touring with him to pursue other projects.
Larry is a close friend of Buddy Miller's.
www.emmylou.net /ehforum/DCForumID1/1185.html   (102 words)

  
 Genealogy.com: The Campbells and Pates from NC to TN 1830
Genealogy.com: The Campbells and Pates from NC to TN 1830
The Campbells, Pates, Coles, and McKenzies all came from Richmond County, NC and were early settlers of this part of West TN.
The four children of Alex and Sally Campbell were placed in the guardianship of Richmond Love Pate in 1840, so I assume Alexander had also died by this time.
www.genealogy.com /genealogy/users/c/a/m/Larry-Campbell-TN/index.html   (220 words)

  
 Bullshit Detector - Terminal City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Campbell is doing it on behalf of his right-hand man Jim Green—you know, the guy who, unlike Campbell, is running for mayor in 2005.
He can speak for himself, even if he's not the one-line artiste that Larry Campbell is. Surely thirty-plus years' experience working in the Downtown Eastside gives him all the tools he needs to take on Sully.
Having Larry Campbell argue drugs with Sullivan in this campaign is about as relevant as having a failed NPA candidate from '02 debating Jim Green.
www.terminalcity.ca /news/bullshitdetector   (595 words)

  
 World Mayor: Commenting on Larry Campbell - Mayor of Vancouver
I have known Larry Campbell since he was with the RCMP - during that time I found him to be a true Police officer; my dealings with him as a Coroner was on a positive level with his assistance to NorthWest Native People.
Mr Campbell has been great for Vancouver, he tackles projects that need doing and not afraid of actually saying what needs to be said without worrying what is 'politically correct'...too bad is not running again, but there again he is fed up with the system.
Larry Campbell has incredible insight into the diversity of our city...during his time as mayor, he initiated a number of programs for the betterment of all levels of our society and involved himself in activities from all walks of life.
www.worldmayor.com /voting05/comments05_vancouver.html   (1436 words)

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