Donald Cameron Sr.
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
18 July 1921 – 22 August 1935
Preceded byDaniel Morkeberg
Succeeded byAlban MacLellan
ConstituencyInnisfail
Personal details
Born16 September 1869
Wood End, Scotland[1]
Died29 January 1936(1936-01-29) (aged 66)
Calgary, Alberta
Political partyUnited Farmers
ChildrenDonald
Occupationengineer, farmer and politician

Donald Cameron Sr. (16 September 1869 – 29 January 1936) was a farmer, engineer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government.

Early life

Donald Cameron was born in Scotland. He became an engineer and lived in Hong Kong for a time. He moved back to England and had a son Donald Cameron Jr. on 6 March 1901. He moved to Elnora, Alberta in 1906 and began farming.[2]

Political career

Cameron ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Innisfail. He won the seat for his party by sweeping over the incumbent Liberal, Daniel Morkeberg.[3]

Cameron ran for a second term in the 1926 Alberta general election. He faced a hotly contested three way race facing Morkeburg for the second time. Cameron hung on to win the election with second choice vote preferences.[4]

Morkeburg and Cameron would face each other one last time in the 1930 Alberta general election. The three way race was very close with Cameron edging Morkeburg out on second preference votes.[5]

Morkeburg did not run for a fourth term in office and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1935.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1929). "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P. G. Normandin. ISSN 0315-6168. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Alberta Man is Among 13 New Senators". XLVIII No. 192. The Lethbrige Herald. July 28, 1955. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Innisfail Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Innisfail Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Innisfail Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
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