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

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 Elnora is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is north of Three Hills, Alberta, Three Hills. It was first organized as a village on January 2, 1908 as "Stewartville" but was renamed to Elnora (for Elinor & Nora, the wives of the postmasters ...

in 1906 and began farming.

Political career

Cameron ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1921 Alberta general election The 1921 Alberta general election was held on July 18, 1921, to elect members to the 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly. It was one of only five times that Alberta has changed governments. The Liberal Party, which had governed the province since it ...

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. Cameron ran for a second term in the

1926 Alberta general election The 1926 Alberta general election was held on June 28, 1926, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The United Farmers of Alberta government that had first been elected in 1921 was re-elected, taking a majority of the seats in t ...

. 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. Morkeburg and Cameron would face each other one last time in the

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. The three-way race was very close with Cameron edging Morkeburg out on second preference votes. Morkeburg did not run for a fourth term in office and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1935.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Donald United Farmers of Alberta MLAs 1936 deaths 1869 births British emigrants to Canada