| Cyril Cameron | |
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| Senator for Tasmania | |
| In office 29 March 1901 – 31 December 1903 |
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| In office 1 January 1907 – 30 June 1913 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1857 Launceston, Tasmania |
| Died | 22 December 1941 (aged 84) |
| 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 (5 December 1857 – 22 December 1941) was an Australian soldier and politician.
Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School and then attended Edinburgh University, 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.
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.[2]
One of his sons, Lt. Colonel Donald Cameron (1888-1979), was awarded the MC and OBE.[3]