Colin Cameron (September 28, 1896 – July 28, 1968) was a

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politician who represented the

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s of

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from 1953 to 1958 and Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands from 1962 to 1968 in the

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. He was a member of the

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in his first term of office, and of its successor, the

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, in his second term. Born in England, Cameron came to Canada in 1907 at the age of ten. He worked as a farmer and in a shipyard before entering politics. He also represented the district of Comox in the

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from 1937 to 1945. Provincially, he was defeated when he sought reelection in the 1945 provincial election in Comox, a 1948 provincial byelection in Saanich, the 1949 provincial election in Comox, the 1952 and 1953 provincial elections in Victoria City, and the 1960 provincial election in Nanaimo and the Islands. During

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, Cameron served overseas as an engineer with the 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion in

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and

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. He served as the NDP's financial critic. Cameron died suddenly in office from a

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at the age of 71. He was the author of ''Forestry ... B.C.'s devastated industry'' (ca 1940) and ''Money and the war'' (ca 1943).

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1896 births 1968 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs New Democratic Party MPs British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada British emigrants to Canada 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia {{NDP-BritishColumbia-MLA-stub