Daniel Cameron (Australian politician)

Daniel Cameron (c.1819 – 3 January 1906)[1] was an miner and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1]

Cameron was born in Perthshire, Scotland and arrived in Melbourne in 1851 or 1852 and soon went to Beechworth, Victoria. There he mined for gold and became a gold buyer for the Bank of New South Wales.[1]

On 15 November 1855, Cameron was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Ovens,[2] a position he held until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.[1]

Cameron was elected to the Legislative Assembly seat of Ovens in November 1856, resigning in March 1857.[1] He died in Lilydale, Victoria on 3 January 1906. He was unmarried.[1]

  • "An Old Pioneer". The Yackandandah Times. 11 January 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2022 – via Trove.

References
  1. "Daniel Cameron". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 181. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

 

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