Sandy Cameron | |
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MLA for Guysborough | |
In office June 5, 1973 – November 6, 1984 | |
Preceded by | Angus MacIsaac |
Succeeded by | Chuck MacNeil |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander MacLean Cameron December 16, 1938 Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | December 25, 2004 Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Canada | (aged 66)
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | Businessman |
Alexander MacLean "Sandy" Cameron (December 16, 1938 – December 25, 2004) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1973 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [1]
Born in 1938 at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Cameron was the son of Alexander Whitcomb Cameron and Mary Kathryn (MacLean) Cameron. [2] A businessman by career, Cameron was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and McGill University. He married Shirley Elaine Vatcher in 1961. [2] Both his father, Alexander W. Cameron, and his grandfather, Alexander F. Cameron served as MLAs for Guysborough County. [3] His son, Alex Cameron (born 1964), became an Anglican Church of Canada priest and was in 2022 elected bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. [4]
Cameron entered provincial politics in 1973, winning a byelection in the Guysborough riding. [5] [6] In August 1973, Cameron was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Fisheries. [7] He was re-elected in the 1974 election, [8] and continued to serve in the fisheries portfolio. In February 1976, he was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Lands and Forests. [2] In October 1976, Gerald Regan shuffled his cabinet, moving Cameron to Minister of Development. [9] Cameron was re-elected by 13 votes in the 1978 election, [10] but moved to the opposition benches as Regan's Liberal government was defeated. [11]
On April 3, 1980, Cameron announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [12] At the leadership convention on June 8, Cameron defeated MLA Vince MacLean on the third ballot to win the leadership. [3] [13] In the 1981 election, the Liberals were reduced to 13 seats as John Buchanan's Tories were re-elected with a bigger majority. [14] However, Cameron was re-elected in his own riding by over 600 votes, [15] and continued to serve as party leader. [16] He led the Liberals into the 1984 election, but the party was reduced to 6 seats, while their popular vote dropped to 31 per cent. [17] Cameron was also defeated in his own riding, losing to Progressive Conservative Chuck MacNeil by 390 votes. [18] Cameron announced in December that he would resign as Opposition leader when an interim leader in the legislature was chosen. [19] He was succeeded by Vince MacLean. [20]
Cameron died on December 25, 2004, aged 66, in his hometown of Sherbrooke after a brief battle with cancer. [21] [22]
Sandy Cameron | |
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MLA for Guysborough | |
In office June 5, 1973 – November 6, 1984 | |
Preceded by | Angus MacIsaac |
Succeeded by | Chuck MacNeil |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander MacLean Cameron December 16, 1938 Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | December 25, 2004 Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Canada | (aged 66)
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | Businessman |
Alexander MacLean "Sandy" Cameron (December 16, 1938 – December 25, 2004) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1973 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [1]
Born in 1938 at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Cameron was the son of Alexander Whitcomb Cameron and Mary Kathryn (MacLean) Cameron. [2] A businessman by career, Cameron was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and McGill University. He married Shirley Elaine Vatcher in 1961. [2] Both his father, Alexander W. Cameron, and his grandfather, Alexander F. Cameron served as MLAs for Guysborough County. [3] His son, Alex Cameron (born 1964), became an Anglican Church of Canada priest and was in 2022 elected bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. [4]
Cameron entered provincial politics in 1973, winning a byelection in the Guysborough riding. [5] [6] In August 1973, Cameron was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Fisheries. [7] He was re-elected in the 1974 election, [8] and continued to serve in the fisheries portfolio. In February 1976, he was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Lands and Forests. [2] In October 1976, Gerald Regan shuffled his cabinet, moving Cameron to Minister of Development. [9] Cameron was re-elected by 13 votes in the 1978 election, [10] but moved to the opposition benches as Regan's Liberal government was defeated. [11]
On April 3, 1980, Cameron announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [12] At the leadership convention on June 8, Cameron defeated MLA Vince MacLean on the third ballot to win the leadership. [3] [13] In the 1981 election, the Liberals were reduced to 13 seats as John Buchanan's Tories were re-elected with a bigger majority. [14] However, Cameron was re-elected in his own riding by over 600 votes, [15] and continued to serve as party leader. [16] He led the Liberals into the 1984 election, but the party was reduced to 6 seats, while their popular vote dropped to 31 per cent. [17] Cameron was also defeated in his own riding, losing to Progressive Conservative Chuck MacNeil by 390 votes. [18] Cameron announced in December that he would resign as Opposition leader when an interim leader in the legislature was chosen. [19] He was succeeded by Vince MacLean. [20]
Cameron died on December 25, 2004, aged 66, in his hometown of Sherbrooke after a brief battle with cancer. [21] [22]