Cyril Cameron

Cyril Cameron
Senator for Tasmania
In office 29 March 1901 – 31 December 1903
In office 1 January 1907 – 30 June 1913
Personal details
Born	5 December 1857(1857-12-05) Launceston, Tasmania
Died	22 December 1941(1941-12-22) (aged 84)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Protectionist (1901–03) Anti-Socialist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–13)
Relations	Norman Cameron (brother)
Occupation	Soldier, pastoralist

Cyril St Clair Cameron (5 December 1857 – 22 December 1941) was an Australian soldier and politician.

Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School and then attended Edinburgh University, becoming a pastoralist and professional soldier. He served in Afghanistan 1878-1880 and South Africa during the Boer War 1899-1900, rising to position of Colonel in the AIF^[1]. He was later aide-de-camp to the Governor-General and warden of Evandale.

In 1901, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Protectionist Senator for Tasmania. (His brother, Norman Cameron, was elected to the House of Representatives at the same election as a Free Trader.) He was defeated in 1903 but was re-elected as an Anti-Socialist in 1906.

He was defeated again (as a Liberal) in 1913, and despite several attempts to re-enter the Senate, including a number as an independent, his political career was over. He became a pastoralist, and served in World War I 1914-1918. Cameron died in 1941.^[2]

One of his sons, Lt. Colonel Donald Cameron (1888-1979), was awarded the MC and OBE.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.clan-cameron.org.au/getperson.php?personID=I20248&tree=cameron1
2. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-11-23. 
3. ^ http://www.clan-cameron.org.au/getperson.php?personID=I97318&tree=cameron1

Persondata
Name	Cameron, Cyril St Clair
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	5 December 1857
Place of birth	Launceston, Tasmania, Tasmania
Date of death	22 December 1941
Place of death