Bond University ePublications@bond Owen Dixon Society eJournal Faculty of Law 3-1-2007 Sir Walter Campbell: Queensland Govenor and his role in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's resignation, 1987 Geoff aB rlow Jim F. Corkery Bond University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/odsej Part of the Judges Commons Recommended Citation Geoff aB rlow and Jim F. Corkery. (2007) "Sir Walter Campbell: Queensland Govenor and his role in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's resignation, 1987" Owen Dixon Society eJournal,, . http://epublications.bond.edu.au/odsej/5 This Journal Article is brought to you by the Faculty of Law at ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in Owen Dixon Society eJournal by an authorized administrator of ePublications@bond. For more information, please contact Bond University's Repository Coordinator. Sir Walter Campbell Queensland Governor and his role in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s resignation, 1987 By Geoff Barlow and JF Corkery This is the first of three articles on the life and work of Sir Walter Campbell, Queensland jurist and Governor. This first article traverses Walter Campbell’s youth, academic training and early professional life, before embarking on a detailed discussion of the 1987 resignation of Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Governor Campbell’s part in it. The legal career of achievement of Queensland Chief Justice and barrister Sir Walter Campbell (1921-2004) was overshadowed by his term as Queensland Governor. Campbell’s adroit handling of a famous 1987 political controversy was his most memorable if not his finest hour.