Donald Cameron

Who was Donald Cameron?

Donald Cameron born in Fordoun, Scotland was a Tasmanian politician who held the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of North Esk from 18 July 1868 to 13 July 1886.

He was the second son of Donald Cameron, a Scottish surgeon who was granted a 1000acre allotment near Launceston as an incentive to relocate in Van Diemens Land.

By 1840 he was virtually manager of this farm which his father had named 'Fordon'. From 1844 to 1848 he toured Europe and Great Britain and by the time he returned to Australia he had married a Stirling lass, Mary Isabella Morrison. The farm prospered, allowing him to represent the area in the Tasmanian parliament. His wife survived him and continued to run the property for the next twenty three years.

He was father of Donald Norman Cameron and Cyril St Clair Cameron and grandfather of Donald Keith Cameron.