 He returned to Victoria in 1859 and was elected to the Council again in 1862, representing North Western Province.Following the introduction of a land tax in 1877, which applied to land over a certain size and value, Campbell divided up his properties between the members of his family so as to escape paying the tax.By the late 1870s, Campbell's financial holdings were at their peak, at one time holding nine stations at once, as well as interests in industry, including tramways and the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company; Campbell also used his substantial capital to finance loans to other pastoralists.