Don Cameron | |
Constituency Mp: | Lilley |
Parliament: | Australian |
Predecessor: | Bruce Wight |
Successor: | Kevin Cairns |
Term Start: | 9 December 1961 |
Term End: | 30 November 1963 |
Birth Date: | 1917 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cloncurry, Queensland |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Australian Labor Party |
Occupation: | Chef |
Donald James Cameron (15 October 1917 – 22 June 1964), Australian politician, was born in Cloncurry, Queensland, and was educated at Catholic schools. He moved to Brisbane where he worked as a chef and catering manager. Active in the Australian Labor Party from an early age, he unexpectedly won the middle-class seat of Lilley at the 1961 election, but was defeated in 1963.
In May 1963, Cameron suffered a heart attack while flying from Brisbane to Sydney.[1]
Cameron died in 1964, aged 46, and was buried in Nudgee Cemetery.[2]