Background
CAMERON, Cyril Street.Clair was born on December 5, 1857. Son of late Honourable Donald Cameron, Member of Legislative Council.
politician member of the Australian Senate
CAMERON, Cyril Street.Clair was born on December 5, 1857. Son of late Honourable Donald Cameron, Member of Legislative Council.
Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School and then attended Edinburgh University, becoming a pastoralist and professional soldier.
He served in Afghanistan 1878-1880 and South Africa during the Boer War 1899-1900, rising to position of Colonel in the AIF. He was later aide-de-camp to the Governor-General and warden of Evandale. In 1901, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Protectionist Senator for Tasmania. He was defeated again (as a Liberal) in 1913, and despite several attempts to re-enter the Senate, including a number as an independent, his political career was over.
He became a pastoralist, and served in World War I 1914-1918.
Cameron died in 1941.
His brother, Norman Cameron, was elected to the House of Representatives at the same election as a Free Trader) He was defeated in 1903 but was re-elected as an Anti-Socialist in 1906.
Clubs: Army and Navy, Wellington, Hurlingham.