James Alexander Cameron (9 November 1930 – 19 January 2002) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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, the son of blacksmith Donald Cameron and Joyce Betheras. In 1948, when he was eighteen years old, he joined the Liberal Party and became a staff member. He was press secretary to Liberal leaders

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and Robert Askin 1955 – 1959. On 16 March 1963, he married Helen Bicket, with whom he had two daughters and four sons. In 1968, Cameron was elected to the

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as the Liberal member for Northcott. In 1973, he was appointed Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, holding the position until 1976. He was Deputy Opposition Leader for five months in 1981. He left the Assembly in 1984 to contest the Legislative Council for

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group, which later became the Christian Democratic Party. He was successful, but six months later was forced to resign after a serious

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was appointed as his replacement. Despite having been the only MLC to vote against the Human Tissues Bill, which included provision for

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s, he required one himself after his heart attack. Cameron died at

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in 2002. One of his sons,

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, is a former

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member for the federal seat of Parramatta.

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