Sandy Cameron
| A.M. "Sandy" Cameron | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Guysborough | |
| In office 1973–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Angus MacIsaac |
| Succeeded by | Chuck MacNeil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 16, 1938 Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Businessman |
A.M. "Sandy" Cameron (December 16, 1938 – December 25, 2004) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1973 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Early life and career
Born in 1938 at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Cameron was the son of Alexander Whitcomb Cameron and Mary Kathryn (MacLean) Cameron.[2] A businessman by career, Cameron was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and McGill University.[2] He married Shirley Elaine Vatcher in 1961.[2] Both his father, Alexander W. Cameron, and his grandfather, Alexander F. Cameron served as MLAs for Guysborough County.[3]
Political career
Cameron entered provincial politics in 1973, winning a byelection in the Guysborough riding.[4][5] In August 1973, Cameron was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Fisheries.[6] He was re-elected in the 1974 election,[7] and continued to serve in the fisheries portfolio. In February 1976, he was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Lands and Forests.[2] In October 1976, Gerald Regan shuffled his cabinet, moving Cameron to Minister of Development.[8] Cameron was re-elected by 13 votes in the 1978 election,[9] but moved to the opposition benches as Regan's Liberal government was defeated.[10]
On April 3, 1980, Cameron announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[11] At the leadership convention on June 8, Cameron defeated MLA Vince MacLean on the third ballot to win the leadership.[3][12] In the 1981 election, the Liberals were reduced to 13 seats as John Buchanan's Tories were re-elected with a bigger majority.[13] However, Cameron was re-elected in his own riding by over 600 votes,[14] and continued to serve as party leader.[15] He led the Liberals into the 1984 election, but the party was reduced to 6 seats, while their popular vote dropped to 31 per cent.[16] Cameron was also defeated in his own riding, losing to Progressive Conservative Chuck MacNeil by 390 votes.[17] Cameron announced in December that he would resign as Opposition leader when an interim leader in the legislature was chosen.[18] He was succeeded by Vince MacLean.[19]
Cameron died on December 25, 2004.[20][21]
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