A. W. Cameron | |
Birth Date: | 6 December 1905 |
Birth Place: | Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Antigonish, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Guysborough |
Term Start: | October 30, 1956 |
Term End: | May 12, 1960 |
Predecessor: | Arthur W. MacKenzie |
Successor: | Alexander MacIsaac |
Party: | Liberal |
Occupation: | lawyer |
Alexander Whitcomb Cameron (December 6, 1905 – May 12, 1960) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Born in 1905 at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Cameron was a lawyer by career.[2] He graduated from Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University.[2] He married Mary Kathryn MacLean in 1936.[2] His father, Alexander, and his son, Sandy, also served as MLAs for Guysborough.[3] From 1940 to 1957, he was employed as a municipal treasurer and clerk.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Guysborough riding by 166 votes.[4] Cameron died at Antigonish on May 12, 1960.[2]