Don Cameron (South Australian politician)

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Don Cameron
Senator for South Australia
In office
25 October 1969 – 30 June 1978
Preceded byMartin Cameron
Personal details
Born(1914-01-13)13 January 1914
Murray Bridge, South Australia
Died5 June 1998(1998-06-05) (aged 84)
Adelaide, South Australia
Political partyLabor
RelationsClyde Cameron (brother)
OccupationShearer, trade unionist

Donald Newton Cameron (13 January 1914 – 5 June 1998), Australian politician, was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia, and was educated at Gawler. Like his brother Clyde Cameron, he became a shearer and an official of the Australian Workers' Union, and was also active in the Australian Labor Party. From 1965 to 1969 he was South Australian state secretary of the AWU and a member of the Labor State Executive. He was elected to the Australian Senate in 1969 and served until his retirement in 1978.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stock, Jenny Tilby. "CAMERON, Martin Bruce (1935–)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 30 November 2022.