Donald Cameron born in Fordoun

Fordoun

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, Scotland

Scotland

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 was a Tasmanian politician who held the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Tasmanian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...

 seat of North Esk

North Esk

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 from 18 July 1868 to 13 July 1886.

He was the second son of Donald Cameron (1780-1857), a Scottish surgeon who was granted a 1000acre (405Ha) allotment near Launceston

Launceston, Tasmania

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 as an incentive to relocate in Van Diemens Land.

By 1840 he was virtually manager of this farm which his father had named 'Fordon'. From 1844 to 1848 he toured Europe and Great Britain and by the time he returned to Australia he had married a Stirling

Stirling

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 lass, Mary Isabella Morrison. The farm prospered, allowing him to represent the area in the Tasmanian parliament. His wife survived him and continued to run the property for the next twenty three years.

He was father of Donald Norman Cameron

Donald Norman Cameron

Donald Norman Cameron , known as Norman Cameron, Australian politician, was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the son of Donald Cameron who served in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1868 to 1886. He was sent to Scotland for his education and graduated from St Andrews University...

 (MHR

Australian House of Representatives

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 for Tasmania 1901-03, MHA

Tasmanian House of Assembly

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 1904-06) and Cyril St Clair Cameron (Senator

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 for Tasmania 1901-03) and grandfather of Donald Keith Cameron

Donald Keith Cameron

Donald Keith Cameron was an Australian politician. He was born in Chudleigh, Tasmania, the son of Norman Cameron, another Tasmanian politician. In 1934 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for Wilmot, holding his seat until his defeat in 1937. He died in 1967...

 (MHA

Tasmanian House of Assembly

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1934-37).