James Cameron (Victorian politician)

James Cameron (1846 13 July 1922) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

He was born in Logie-Almond in Perthshire to farmer Alexander Cameron and Anne Pullar. The family moved to Victoria in 1854, settling first at Batesford and then at Beremboke. Cameron became a farmer at Orbost, and also developed business interests in mines at Nowa Nowa and in farm machinery. On 30 April 1879 he married Sarah Scouller, with whom he had seven children. He served on Tambo Shire Council from 1888 to 1892 (president 188586, 189091) and on Orbost Shire Council from 1892 to 1902 (president 189293). In 1902 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Gippsland East. He moved the no-confidence motion against the Bent government in 1908, and was a minister without portfolio from 1909 to 1913. Later a Nationalist, he held his seat until 1920, when he was defeated by a Victorian Farmers' Union candidate. Cameron died in Orbost in 1922.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Cameron, James". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Henry Foster
Member for Gippsland East
19021920
Succeeded by
Albert Lind
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