- Donald Cameron, Sr.
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Donald Cameron Sr. Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta In office
July 18, 1921 – August 22, 1935Preceded by Daniel Morkeberg Succeeded by Alban MacLellan Constituency Innisfail Personal details Born England Political party United Farmers Children Donald Occupation engineer, farmer and politician Donald Cameron Sr. was a farmer, engineer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.
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Early life
Donald Cameron was born in England. He became an engineer and lived in Hong Kong for a time. He moved back to England and had a son Donald Cameron Jr. on March 6, 1901. He moved to Elnora, Alberta in 1906 and began farming.[1]
Political career
Cameron ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Innisfail. He defeated Liberal incumbent Daniel Morkeberg with a landslide majority to pick up the seat for his party.[2]
Cameron ran for a second term in the 1926 Alberta general election. He faced a hotly contested three way race facing Morkeburg for the second time. Cameron hung on to win the election with second choice vote preferences.[3]
Morkeburg and Cameron would face each other one last time in the 1930 Alberta general election. The three way race was very close with Cameron edging Morkeburg out on second preference votes.[4]
Morkeburg did not run for a fourth term in office and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1935.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Alberta Man is Among 13 New Senators". XLVIII No. 192 (The Lethbrige Herald): p. 1. July 28, 1955.
- ^ "Innisfail Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1921&Constit=Innisfail. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "Innisfail Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=Innisfail. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "Innisfail Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Innisfail. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
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