Donald Keith Cameron (1 May 1887 – 6 June 1967) was an
Australian
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politician. He was born in
Chudleigh, Tasmania
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, the son of
Norman Cameron, another Tasmanian politician. In 1934 he was elected to the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
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as a
Nationalist
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member for
Wilmot, holding his seat until his defeat in 1937. He died in 1967 in
Melbourne
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.
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1887 births
1967 deaths
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Place of birth missing
20th-century Australian politicians
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