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Alan John Patrick Cameron
Member of Parliament
for High Park (2nd time)
In office
June 1962 – June 1968
Preceded byJohn Kucherepa
Succeeded byWalter Deakon
Member of Parliament
for High Park (1st time)
In office
June 1949 – June 1957
Preceded byWilliam Alexander McMaster
Succeeded byJohn Kucherepa
Personal details
Born(1895-09-23)23 September 1895
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Died3 January 1982(1982-01-03) (aged 86)
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Professionbarrister, lawyer

Alan John Patrick ("Pat") Cameron (23 September 1895 – 3 January 1982) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba and became a barrister and lawyer by career.

He was first elected at the High Park riding in the 1949 general election, after two unsuccessful attempts to win the riding in the 1940 and 1945 elections. Cameron was re-elected at High Park for a second term in the 1953, but defeated in the 1957 election by John Kucherepa of the Progressive Conservative party.

After another defeat to Kucherepa in the 1958 election, Cameron regained his High Park Parliamentary seat in 1962 and was re-elected in 1963 and 1965. After completing his final term, the 27th Canadian Parliament, Cameron left federal office and did not campaign in any further national elections.

A neighbour discovered the bodies of both Cameron and his wife Beatrice at their Etobicoke apartment on 3 January 1982. Metro Toronto Police indicated they both died early that day of natural causes.[1]

References

  1. ^ "In brief: Former MP, wife found dead in home". The Globe and Mail. 5 January 1982. p. 3.