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Donald Cameron Sr.

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Donald Cameron Sr.
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
July 18, 1921 – August 22, 1935
Preceded byDaniel Morkeberg
Succeeded byAlban MacLellan
ConstituencyInnisfail
Personal details
BornSeptember 16, 1869
Wood End, Scotland[1]
DiedJanuary 29, 1936(1936-01-29) (aged 66)
Calgary, Alberta
Political partyUnited Farmers
ChildrenDonald
Occupationengineer, farmer and politician

Donald Cameron Sr. (September 16, 1869 – January 29, 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

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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 March 6, 1901. He moved to Elnora, Alberta in 1906 and began farming.[2]

Political career

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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

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  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. ^ a b "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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