Alexander Cameron (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Alexander Cameron (politician)
- Alexander Cameron (January 4, 1834 – January 14, 1917) was a physician and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Huntingdon in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1874 to 1892 as a Conservative and then Liberal member. He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia and educated at the Pictou Academy and the University of Glasgow.
- In 1866, he married Elizabeth McKenzie Wallace.
- He qualified to practise medicine in 1875 and set up practice in Huntingdon.
- Cameron served as a surgeon in the militia.
- He served as mayor of Huntingdon from 1870 to 1887 and was warden for Huntingdon County in 1882.
- He also served as a member of the Council of Public Instruction for Quebec.
- Cameron was first elected to the Quebec assembly as a Conservative in an 1874 by-election held after the death of Thomas Sanders.
- He was reelected in 1875 as a Liberal; that election was appealed but he won the by-election that followed in 1876.
- Cameron was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1892 and 1897.
- He died in Montreal at the age of 83.
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