Cyril Cameron

Cyril Cameron
Senator for Tasmania
In office
29 March 1901  31 December 1903
In office
1 January 1907  30 June 1913
Personal details
Born (1857-12-05)5 December 1857
Launceston, Tasmania
Died 22 December 1941(1941-12-22) (aged 84)
Nationality Australian
Political party Protectionist (190103)
Anti-Socialist (190609)
Liberal (190913)
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]

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