Terry Gordon Cameron (born 19 October 1946) is a former South Australian politician.
Cameron entered the South Australian Legislative Council in 1994 to fill a Labor Party vacancy, and then was re-elected as a Labor candidate in 1997. However he resigned from the party in order to support the Olsen Liberal government's legislation to lease ETSA in 1998.[1][2] After resigning, he formed the short-lived SA First party.[2]
He sought re-election to the Legislative Council at the 2006 election as an independent, but was defeated, finishing second-last among the 25 tickets contesting the election.[3][4]
Prior to entering parliament, Cameron worked for the Australian Workers' Union before becoming State Secretary of the Labor Party.[5]
He is the nephew of Clyde Cameron.[6]
References
edit- ^ Coorey, Phillip (25 July 1998). "The man most likely". The Advertiser. p. 19.
- ^ a b Kelton, Greg (30 January 2002). "State Election 2002: New party could be the one to watch". The Advertiser. p. 13.
- ^ "The Verdict: Election 2006". The Sunday Mail. 19 March 2006. p. 13.
- ^ "Terry Cameron". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Mayne, Stephen (25 January 2006). "Tracking the unionists in parliament". Crikey. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Nick Minchin (17 March 2008). "Condolences: Hon. Clyde Robert Cameron AO". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Australia: Australian Senate.
External links
edit- ABC's South Australia: 1998 in review at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 November 1999) has a section on Terry Cameron's defection from the Labor Party.