In Portage la Prairie, the home of former Premier Douglas L. Campbell gets a facelift

When I was in Portage la Prairie Sunday evening, I noticed the efforts to restore the home of former Liberal Premier Douglas Campbell. The house, now at the Fort La Reine Museum, was originally near Flee Island north-east of Portage la Prairie.

First elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 1922, D.L. Campbell entered the cabinet in 1936 and became Premier in 1948, serving in that capacity until 1958. Campbell did much to provide electicity to people in rural Manitoba. He also did much to develop northern Manitoba, guiding the development of the City of Thompson in northern Manitoba, following the discovery of nickel there.