Education
He was sent to Scotland for his education and graduated from Street Andrews University.
He was sent to Scotland for his education and graduated from Street Andrews University.
Returning to Tasmania he became a large landowner and sheepbreeder. In 1897 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, where he served until 1899. At the 1903 election he contested the seat of Denison, but was defeated by the Protectionist candidate, Sir Philip Fysh.
He is remembered today for his part in the choice of national capital.
The house was evenly divided, he effectively having the casting vote. After two weeks" prevarication he settled on Canberra.
He died at Chudleigh of pneumonia following a fall. One son, Donald Keith Cameron, served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1934-1937.
He then returned to Tasmanian politics, serving in the House of Assembly from 1912 to 1913 and again from 1925 to 1928. His brother Cyril Cameron was a Protectionist Party Senator contemporaneously with his service as MHR, 1901–1903 then from 1906–1913.
At the 1901 federal election, Cameron was elected for the Free Trade Party as one of Tasmania"s five members of the Australian House of Representatives, since Tasmania had not been divided into electoral divisions.