Bob Cameron

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Robert Graham Cameron (born 19 March 1963) is an Australian politician. He represents the electorate of Bendigo West in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and is the state Minister for Agriculture.

Educated in Bendigo at government schools, he also attended the University of Melbourne where he obtained a law degree. He practised as a solicitor in Bendigo from 1985 until he was first elected to Parliament in 1996.

In the first Bracks Ministry, Bob Cameron was the Minister for Local Government, Workcover, and the Victorian workers compensation scheme. While Minister for Local Government, he sacked the then-controversial Melbourne City Council.

In 2005, he proposed and implemented a ban on pit bull dogs, after a series of attacks by the animals which Cameron claimed were highly dangerous, a threat to children and the elderly.

He is married with one daughter and two sons.