Ewen Cameron (Victorian politician)

Ewen Cameron (10 April 1860 – 30 March 1906) was a politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1]

Cameron was born in Morgiana near Hamilton, Victoria, the son of John Cameron and his wife Barbara Taylor. He was a grazier outside of politics, managing his family's property after his father's death, managing a property at Paschendale (then known as Struan) for five years, then at "Cloverdale", near Condah and Sinclair estate at Drumborg.[1] He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly on 1 November 1900, serving until his death in office in 1906.[1]

Cameron married Emma Harriet, née Nunn, and had four children. Maud Cameron became a teacher and school headmistress; Winifred became a doctor; and Edith became a nurse and served in Europe in World War I.[2][3]

References
  1. "Ewen Cameron". Re-member (Past Members). Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. Reiger, Kerreen M. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. "CAMERON, Edith Clare | East Melbourne Historical Society". emhs.org.au. Retrieved 2018-05-14.


Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Donald Norman McLeod		 Member for Portland
1 Nov 1900 – 1 May 1904		 Abolished
New seat Member for Glenelg
1 Jun 1904 – 1 Mar 1906		 Succeeded by
Hugh Campbell
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