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Ewen Cameron (10 April 1860 – 30 March 1906) was a politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Cameron was born in Morgiana near Hamilton, Victoria, the son of John Cameron and his wife Barbara Taylor. He was a grazier outside of politics, managing his family's property after his father's death, managing a property at Paschendale (then known as Struan) for five years, then at "Cloverdale", near Condah and Sinclair estate at Drumborg. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly on 1 November 1900, serving until his death in office in 1906.

Cameron married Emma Harriet, née Nunn, and had four children. Maud Cameron became a teacher and school headmistress; Winifred became a doctor; and Edith became a nurse and served in Europe in World War I.

References

1. ^ "Ewen Cameron". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
2. Reiger, Kerreen M. "Maud Martha Cameron (1886–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
3. "CAMERON, Edith Clare | East Melbourne Historical Society". emhs.org.au. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

• 1860 births
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• 20th-century Australian politicians
• People from Victoria (state)
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
• 19th-century Australian politicians
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