Terry Gordon Cameron (born 19 October 1946) is a former

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n politician. Cameron entered the

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in 1994 to fill a Labor Party vacancy, and then was re-elected as a Labor candidate in

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. However he resigned from the party in order to support the Olsen Liberal government's legislation to lease ETSA in 1998. After resigning, he formed the short-lived SA First party. He sought re-election to the Legislative Council at the 2006 election as an independent, but was defeated, finishing second-last among the 25 tickets contesting the election. Prior to entering parliament, Cameron worked for the

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before becoming State Secretary of the Labor Party. He is the nephew of

Clyde Cameron Clyde Robert Cameron, (11 February 191314 March 2008) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1980, representing the Division of Hindmarsh. He was ...

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* has a section on Terry Cameron's defection from the Labor Party. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Terry 1946 births Living people Members of the South Australian Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia 21st-century Australian politicians