Donald Milner Cameron AM (born 6 February 1940) is a former Australian politician. He was born in

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, and educated at the

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and the

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. He became a junior corporate executive and then industrial officer for the Australian Association of Employers of Waterside Labour. He joined the

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, and in 1966, aged 26, he won the marginal seat of

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in inner Brisbane, and held it against determined challenges from the

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until 1977, when a redistribution nearly erased his majority there. He then shifted to the safer seat of Fadden. In 1972, Cameron announced his support for lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 and said the

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's inaction on the matter was alienating young people. In the big swing to Labor at the 1983 election, Don Cameron was defeated, but he was re-elected shortly after at a by-election for the seat of Moreton, which he held until 1990, when he was again defeated. In the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours, Don Cameron was appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the community, particularly youth, and to the Australian Parliament".

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Don Cameron election campaign radio commercials

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