Don Cameron (South Australian politician)
Don Cameron | |
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Senator for South Australia | |
In office 25 October 1969 – 30 June 1978 | |
Preceded by | Martin Cameron |
Personal details | |
Born | Murray Bridge, South Australia | 13 January 1914
Died | 5 June 1998 Adelaide, South Australia | (aged 84)
Political party | Labor |
Relations | Clyde Cameron (brother) |
Occupation | Shearer, 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
- ^ Stock, Jenny Tilby. "CAMERON, Martin Bruce (1935–)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1998 deaths
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian Senate
- Members of the Australian Senate for South Australia
- Australian trade unionists
- People from Murray Bridge, South Australia
- 20th-century Australian politicians
- Australia Labor Party, Senator stubs