Donald Cameron (Scottish politician)

Donald Cameron MSP


Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2016

Personal details
Born	Donald Andrew John Cameron (1976-11-26) 26 November 1976 Achnacarry, Lochaber, Scotland, United Kingdom
Political party	Scottish Conservative Party
Alma mater	Oriel College, Oxford City Law School
Occupation	Advocate
Website	www.donaldcameron.org.uk

Donald Andrew John Cameron MSP (born 26 November 1976) is a Scottish politician who is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Member of Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands region, elected in 2016. In the Scottish Parliament, he is the Scottish Conservative's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.

Background

Donald Cameron is the son of the Donald Cameron 27th Lochiel, chief of the Clan Cameron.

Donald Cameron was educated at Harrow School and graduated with a first-class honours degree in modern history from Oriel College, Oxford and a Diploma in Law from City University London.^[1]^[2] He worked as an advocate for 10 years before his election and acted for a range of clients in public, agricultural and crofting law.^[3]^[4]

Political career

Donald Cameron stood as the Conservative candidate in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency, coming fourth in the United Kingdom general election, 2010.^[3]

In 2016, Donald Cameron stood as a candidate for Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency) in the Scottish Parliament and was unsuccessful, however as the Conservatives' third placed candidate on the Highlands and Islands regional list, he was elected.^[5] He was appointed by the party as their 'Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport'.^[6]^[7]^[8] Donald Cameron sits on the Health and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament.^[9]

Donald Cameron re-established the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities and acts as one of three co-convenors of the group. He also sits on various other Cross Party Groups (CPG), including the; CPG on Beer and Pubs, CPG on Carers, CPG on Crofting, CPG on Dyslexia, CPG on Epilepsy, CPG on Fishing, CPG on Gàidhlig and the CPG on MS.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Donald Cameron (Scottish politician)

16. Donald Cameron, 24th Lochiel

8. Sir Donald Cameron, 25th Lochiel

17. Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott

4. Sir Donald Hamish Cameron, 26th Lochiel

18. Douglas Graham, 5th Duke of Montrose

9. Lady Hermione Emily Graham

19. Violet Hermione Graham

2. Donald Angus Cameron, 27th Lochiel

20. John Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook

10. Lt.-Col. Nigel Gathorne-Hardy

21. Cicely Marguerite Wilhelmina Ridgway

5. Margaret Doris Gathorne-Hardy

22. Sir Charles John Johnston

11. Doris Cecilia Featherston Johnston

23. Alice Margaret Featherston

1. Donald Cameron

24. Lord Walter Kerr

12. Capt. Andrew William Kerr

25. Lady Amabel Frederica Henrietta Cowper

6. Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian

26. Capt. William Walter Raleigh Kerr

13. Marie Constance Annabel Kerr

27. Annabel Jarves

3. Lady Cecil Nennella Therese Kerr

28. Dr. Foster Newland

14. Sir Foster Reuss Newland

29. Sophia Louise Reuss

7. Antonella Newland, Marchioness of Lothian

30. Lt.-Gen. Michele Salazar y Muratores

15. Donna Nennella Salazar

31. Mariangela Dusmet de Smours

References

↑ ‘CAMERON, Donald Andrew John’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017
↑ Cameron, Donald. "Donald Cameron" (PDF). Murray Stable.
1 2 "D. Cameron is Conservatives’ man for Argyll and Bute (but not that one)". The Buteman. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
↑ "Conservative candidate named". The Shetland Times. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
↑ "Election 2016: Highlands and Islands Scottish Parliament region". BBC News. 6 May 2016.
↑ "Donald Cameron / Politicial Activities". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
↑ "Ruth Davidson brings new Tory MSPs into Shadow Cabinet". The Daily Telegraph. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
↑ "Scottish Conservative appointments for new parliamentary term". Scottish Conservative Party. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Donald Cameron MSP". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

Scottish Conservatives MSPs
Elected in the 2016 election; See also: Members of the 5th Scottish Parliament
Leadership	Ruth Davidson (Leader) Jackson Carlaw (Deputy Leader and culture, tourism and external affairs)
Frontbench members	Murdo Fraser (Finance) Dean Lockhart (Economy, jobs and fair work) Donald Cameron (Health and sport) Elizabeth Smith (Education and skills) Adam Tomkins (Communities, social security, the constitution and equalities Peter Chapman (Rural economy and connectivity) Maurice Golden (Environment, climate change and land reform)
Backbenchers	Jeremy Balfour Michelle Ballantyne Bill Bowman Miles Briggs Alexander Burnett Finlay Carson Maurice Corry Jamie Greene Jamie Halcro Johnston Rachael Hamilton Alison Harris Liam Kerr Gordon Lindhurst Tom Mason Margaret Mitchell Edward Mountain Oliver Mundell John Scott Graham Simpson Alexander Stewart Annie Wells Brian Whittle

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the Highlands and Islands region
Elected in the 2016 election
Constituency MSPs	Michael Russell (SNP, Argyll and Bute) Gail Ross (SNP, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) Fergus Ewing (SNP, Inverness and Nairn) Richard Lochhead (SNP, Moray) Liam McArthur (Lib Dem, Orkney) Kate Forbes (SNP, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) Tavish Scott (Lib Dem, Shetland) Alasdair Allan (SNP, Western Isles)
Additional members	Donald Cameron (Con) John Finnie (Green) Rhoda Grant (Lab) Jamie Halcro Johnston (Con) Edward Mountain (Con) David Stewart (Lab) Maree Todd (SNP)
SNP (7 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Liberal Democrats (2 seats), Labour (2 seats), Greens (1 seat)

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