Alexander Whitcomb Cameron (December 6, 1905 – May 12, 1960) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of

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in the

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from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the

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. Born in 1905 at

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, Cameron was a lawyer by career. He graduated from

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and

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. He married Mary Kathryn MacLean in 1936. His father,

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, and his son,

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, also served as MLAs for Guysborough. From 1940 to 1957, he was employed as a municipal treasurer and clerk. He entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Guysborough riding by 166 votes. Cameron died at Antigonish on May 12, 1960.

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