Alex Campbell
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Alex Campbell 🇨🇦

Alex Campbell (Known as "Alexander Bradshaw Campbell")
Youngest Premier of Prince Edward Island, Modernized PEI with 15-Year Plan
Born 1 December 1933 🇨🇦 Summerside, Canada
Passed Away 8 September 2022 Summerside, Canada
Lifespan 88 years old
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"An island cannot remain a museum of the past; we had to give our young people the schools and opportunities to build the future here."

Archival Overview

Prince Edward Island premier who took office at age 32 and oversaw the historic 1969 Comprehensive Development Plan that revolutionized island education, farming, and tourism.

Biographical Record

Alexander Bradshaw Campbell was the son of PEI premier Thane Campbell. Elected Premier of Prince Edward Island in 1966 at age thirty-two, Campbell served twelve transformative years, winning four consecutive general elections.

In 1969, Campbell signed the joint federal-provincial Comprehensive Development Plan, a 15-year master program that consolidated rural schools into modern regional institutions, modernized agriculture, established the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and Holland College, and laid the foundations of PEI's world-class tourism industry. He later served on the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island.

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Final Resting Place

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People's Cemetery
Summerside, Canada
GPS: 46.3950, -63.7883
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