Clyde Cameron
Clyde Robert Cameron AO (born February 11, 1913 in Murray Bridge , South Australia , † March 14, 2008 ) was an Australian politician with the Australian Labor Party .
Career
Cameron had been active in the Labor Party and the Australian Workers' Union since the 1930s . He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1980 for the Hindmarsh constituency , which includes the western suburbs of Adelaide . Since the 1960s he was a member of the Labor Party's shadow cabinet . From 1972 to 1975 he served on several occasions in the government of Gough Whitlam : 1972–74 Minister of Labor, 1974–75 Minister of Labor and Immigration and 1975 Minister of Science and Consumer Affairs.
In 1987 Cameron was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Australia for service to government and politics.
Cameron was buried in a state funeral in Adelaide's Centennial Park Cemetery on March 20, 2008 .
Cameron's brother Donald Newton Cameron was a Labor MP in the Senate from 1969 to 1977 , his nephew John Rau , a Labor MP in the South Australia House of Representatives since 2002, had run as a federal candidate in the Hindmarsh constituency in 1993 and just lost.
Individual evidence
- ↑ It's an Honor. Australia Government, accessed July 22, 2010 .
- ^ Greg Kelton: Clyde Cameron farewelled at a state funeral in Adelaide. The Advertiser, March 20, 2008, accessed March 31, 2008 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cameron, Clyde |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cameron, Clyde Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Murray Bridge , South Australia , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 2008 |