William Cameron Australian Politician - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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William Cameron (6 July 1877 – 6 May 1931) was an Australian politician. He was born at Rouchel Brook to grazier Donald Cameron and Elizabeth, née McMullen.
After serving in the Boer War, he settled near Scone as a grazier and became active in the local community, serving on the Upper Hunter Pastoral Protection Board, the Graziers' Association and Upper Hunter Shire Council and supporting the New England New State Movement. He was well known in the district as a cricketer, a clever leg-spin bowler and big-hitting batsman.
He toured Ceylon with a New South Wales cricket team led by Mick Waddy in 1914.
He was the leading bowler on the tour, taking 36 wickets at an average of 6.80.In 1918 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Nationalist member for Upper Hunter.
He was one of the members of Maitland while proportional representation was used from 1920 to 1927, and represented Upper Hunter again from 1927 until his death in Muswellbrook in 1931.
He left a wife and six children.

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