Daniel Alexander Cameron Explained

Daniel Alexander Cameron
Constituency Mp:Cape Breton North and Victoria
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone
Successor:Matthew MacLean
Term Start:1935
Term End:1937
Office2:Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Victoria County
Term Start2:1928
Term End2:1930
Term Start3:1923
Term End3:1925
Office4:Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Cape Breton
Term Start4:1916
Term End4:1920
Office5:Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia
Term Start5:1921
Term End5:1923
Birth Date:10 December 1870
Birth Place:Sydney River, Nova Scotia
Party:Liberal

Daniel Alexander Cameron (December 10, 1870  - September 4, 1937) was a Canadian politician from the province of Nova Scotia. He was one of the first Nova Scotian legislators of the 20th century to die while in office.

Early life and career

Born in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, the son of John and Isabella (Macdonald) Cameron, Cameron was educated at Sydney Academy and Dalhousie University where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was admitted to the bar in October 1893. In 1894, he started practicing law in Sydney. He was a member of the County Council from 1900 to 1911. He was the stipendiary magistrate for Sydney from 1905 to 1911. In 1911, he was appointed treasurer andsolicitor for the Municipality of Cape Breton.

Political career

In 1916, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the electoral district of Cape Breton. A Nova Scotia Liberal, he was defeated in 1920. From 1921 to 1923, he was a Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia and was a Minister Without Portfolio in the cabinet of George Henry Murray. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 1923 and was elected to the House of Assembly for Victoria County. From 1923 to 1925, he was the Provincial Secretary in the cabinet of Ernest Howard Armstrong. He resigned in 1930 and was defeated in the 1930 federal election when he ran as the Liberal candidate for the electoral district of Cape Breton South. He was elected in the 1935 election for the electoral district of Cape Breton North and Victoria. He served for a little less than two years before he died in office in 1937.

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