Cyril Cameron
Cyril St Clair Cameron, CB (5 December 1857 – 22 December 1941) was an Australian soldier and politician.
Cyril Cameron CB | |
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Senator for Tasmania | |
In office 29 March 1901 – 31 December 1903 | |
In office 1 January 1907 – 30 June 1913 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nile, Tasmania | 5 December 1857
Died | 22 December 1941 84) Nile, Tasmania, Australia | (aged
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Protectionist (1901–03) Anti-Socialist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–13) |
Relations | Norman Cameron (brother) |
Occupation | Soldier, pastoralist |
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.