Don_Cameron_(Queensland_Labor_politician)

Don Cameron (Queensland Labor politician)

Don Cameron (Queensland Labor politician)

Australian politician

Donald James Cameron (15 October 1917 – 22 June 1964), Australian politician, was born in Cloncurry, Queensland, and was educated at Catholic schools. He moved to Brisbane where he worked as a chef and catering manager. Active in the Australian Labor Party from an early age, he unexpectedly won the middle-class seat of Lilley at the 1961 election, but was defeated in 1963.

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In May 1963, Cameron suffered a heart attack while flying from Brisbane to Sydney.[1]

Cameron died in 1964, aged 46, and was buried in Nudgee Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "M.P. Becomes Ill On Plane". The Canberra Times. 8 May 1963.
  2. [2]
    Nudgee Cemetery Mapping Interface — Nudgee Cemetery Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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