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Donald Cameron
AMMember of the Australian Parliament
for GriffithIn office
26 November 1966 – 10 December 1977Preceded by Wilfred Coutts Succeeded by Ben Humphreys Member of the Australian Parliament
for FaddenIn office
10 December 1977 – 5 March 1983Preceded by New seat Succeeded by David Beddall Member of the Australian Parliament
for MoretonIn office
5 November 1983 – 24 March 1990Preceded by James Killen Succeeded by Garrie Gibson Personal details Born 6 February 1940
Brisbane, QueenslandNationality Australian Political party Liberal Party of Australia Occupation Corporate executive Donald Milner Cameron, AM (born 6 February 1940), Australian politician, was born in Brisbane, and was educated at Church of England Grammar School and the University of Queensland.
He became a junior corporate executive and then industrial officer for the Australian Association of Employers of Waterside Labour. This led him naturally into the Liberal Party of Australia, and in 1966, aged 26, he won the marginal seat of Griffith in inner Brisbane, and held it against determined challenges from the Australian Labor Party until 1977, when he shifted to the safer seat of Fadden.[1]
In the big swing to Labor at the 1983 election Cameron was defeated, but he was re-elected shortly after at a by-election for the seat of Moreton, which he held until 1990, when he was again defeated.[2]
References
Parliament of Australia Preceded by
Wilfred CouttsMember for Griffith
1966–1977Succeeded by
Ben HumphreysNew division Member for Fadden
1977–1983Succeeded by
David BeddallPreceded by
James KillenMember for Moreton
1983–1990Succeeded by
Garrie GibsonCategories:- 1940 births
- Living people
- Liberal Party of Australia politicians
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Fadden
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Griffith
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Moreton
- Members of the Order of Australia
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