Cyril Cameron

Cyril Cameron
Cyril Cameron; CB
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; Nile, Tasmania
Died	22 December 1941 (aged 84); Nile, Tasmania, Australia
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, CB (5 December 1857 – 22 December 1941) was an Australian soldier and politician.

Biography

Born in the town of Nile near Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School and then attended the University of Edinburgh before 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. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1901 for his service with the Tasmanian Mounted Infantry during the Boer War.[2]

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.[3]

One of his sons, Lt. Colonel Donald Cameron (1888–1979), was awarded the MC and OBE.[4]

References

"Cyril St Clair Cameron". www.clan-cameron.org.au. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
Cameron, Caroline (1979). "Cameron, Cyril St Clair (1857–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 7. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
"Lt. Colonel Donald Cameron, OBE, MC". www.clan-cameron.org.au. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

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[1] "Cyril St Clair Cameron". www.clan-cameron.org.au. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

[adb-2] Cameron, Caroline (1979). "Cameron, Cyril St Clair (1857–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 7. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

[Psephos-3] Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 23 November 2008.

[4] "Lt. Colonel Donald Cameron, OBE, MC". www.clan-cameron.org.au. Retrieved 25 February 2018.