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. After resigning, he formed the short-lived SA First party.
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."
Prior to entering parliament, Cameron worked for the Australian Workers' Union before becoming State Organiser of the Labor Party.
He is the nephew of Clyde Cameron.
References※
- ^ Coorey, Phillip (25 July 1998). "The man most likely". The Advertiser. p. 19.
- ^ 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※
- 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.