Donald Charles Cameron (mayor)
Sir Donald Charles Cameron (1877 – 8 October 1962) was a Dunedin businessman and was Mayor of Dunedin from 1944 to 1950. He was knighted in the 1948 Birthday Honours[1] and received the freedom of the City of Edinburgh in 1949.[2]
He was born in Dunedin, and married Frances Raines in 1905.
In 44 years with Reid and Gray he rose from office boy to director. He was on the Dunedin City Council since 1935. He was connected with the Methodist Central Mission for 55 years, and was president of the Methodist Conference of New Zealand in 1926. He was president of the Otago Centenary Association in 1948, chairman of the Armed Forces Appeal Board ond on the Otago Education Board and Otago University Council.
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38312. p. 3397. 10 June 1948. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Scholefield, G. H. (1951) [1908]. Who’s Who in New Zealand (5 ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 40.
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| Preceded by Andrew Henson Allen |
Mayor of Dunedin 1944–1950 |
Succeeded by Leonard Morton Wright |
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