Robert Cameron, (29 October 1890 – 21 May 1970) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the

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from 1927 until 1956. He was a member of the Labor Party. Cameron was born in the Hunter Region coal mining town of Minmi. He was the son of a coal-miner and was educated to elementary level at

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public school. His initial employment was as a coal miner at the Wallsend Colliery at the age of 14. He was an office-holder in the Miners' Federation prior to his election to parliament. Following the abolition of multi-member seats elected by proportional representation at the 1927 election, Cameron won ALP pre-selection and the general election for the seat of

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. This seat was abolished in a redistribution before the 1930 state election and Cameron was subsequently elected to the seat of

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. He remained the representative for this seat until his retirement in 1956. On 1 January 1963, Cameron was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire "in recognition of public service in New South Wales."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Robert 1890 births 1970 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians