John Campbell (Ontario politician)
John Campbell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to Toronto City Council in the 2014 municipal election.
He represented Ward 4 from 2014–2018. During his term of office he served on many high-profile Council Committees and City agencies including the Budget Committee, the Planning Growth Management Committee and the Toronto Transit Commission.
Campbell is a graduate of the University of Toronto. He earned an MBA from the Schulich School of Business after four and a half years of evening study in 1999.
He ran for Councillor in the newly formed Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre in the 2018 Toronto election and lost by a small margin to Stephen Holyday.
Prior to his election as Councillor in 2014, Campbell worked as a sales and marketing consultant, and was a trustee and chair of the Toronto District School Board.
He ran for councillor in Ward 4 in the 2010 election, losing narrowly to incumbent councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby.
Electoral record
| 2014 Toronto election, Ward 4 | - | - |
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| John Campbell | 8,227 | 34.44 |
| Niels Christensen | 6,847 | 28.66 |
| Angelo Carnevale | 4,968 | 20.79 |
| Chris Stockwell | 2,208 | 9.24 |
| Adam Slobodian | 384 | 1.60 |
| Tony Chun | 286 | 1.19 |
| William Murdoch | 278 | 1.16 |
| Rosemarie Mulhall | 267 | 1.11 |
| Mario Magno | 216 | 0.90 |
| Oscar Vidal-Calvet | 205 | 0.85 |
| Total | 23,886 | 100 |
| 2010 Toronto election, Ward 4 | - | - |
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Gloria Lindsay Luby | 9,789 | 46.90 |
| John Campbell | 9,480 | 45.42 |
| Daniel Bertolini | 1,602 | 7.67 |
| Total | 20,871 | 100 |