Douglas Colin Cameron

Douglas Colin Cameron

Sir Douglas Colin Cameron , KCMG (born June 8, 1854 in Hawkesbury , Ontario , † November 27, 1921 in Toronto ) was a Canadian politician and businessman . From 1911 to 1916 he was lieutenant governor of the province of Manitoba .

biography

After he finished school in 1871, Cameron first worked as a farmer in Ontario. In 1880 he moved to Winnipeg and worked in various professions. In 1883 he founded the wood processing company Cameron & Kennedy in Rat Portage (now Kenora ) . He sold this to the Rat Portage Lumber Company in 1892 . He headed this company as managing director and from 1894 as president. He also invested in mining, opened a sawmill and started a flour mill.

Cameron was appointed to the Portage City Council in 1901 and later served as mayor of that parish. As a candidate for the Ontario Liberal Party , he won the 1902 election for the Ontario Legislative Assembly in the constituency of Fort William and Lake of the Woods. For the next three years he supported the government of George William Ross as a backbencher . In 1905 he failed to be reelected and moved back to Winnipeg to devote himself entirely to his business activities. He was also unsuccessful in the 1908 general election .

Because of his economic merits, Cameron was knighted in 1913. Governor General Lord Gray swore him in on August 1, 1911 as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. He held this representative office until August 3, 1916. In 1915 he had to intervene directly in the affairs of government when he set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the corruption allegations against Rodmond Roblin . The results of the investigation resulted in the resignation of the head of government.

Web links

• Douglas Colin Cameron. In: Database of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Listing on the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba website
• Biography on the Manitoba Historical Society website