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♂ Donald Niel Cameron
aliasDonald Niel Cameron
Record
8927 · 621

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 2 3
Birth 17 April 1917 → 107 years ago
Lived 97 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 62 years + 1 month
Death 24 December 2014 → 9 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 10 months after 17 February 1980
Special notes
None
 
Donald Niel Cameron (1917–2014)
© Photo 1979 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 0 8 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Leonard S. Marchand  m 
 		 ⊕ Nelson A. Riis  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 64,118 Votes: 44,282 Participation: 69.06% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 British Columbia
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4348(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
62
PC
 1/3 19,369 43.74% +6,649 Loser:
LIB
 12,720 28.72% Leonard S. Marchand

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 64,118 Votes: 45,843 Participation: 71.50% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 British Columbia
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4066(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
PC
 2/4 16,046 35.06% -1,850 Winner:
NDP
 17,896 39.10% Nelson A. Riis
Eligible: 66,657 Votes: 44,872 Participation: 67.32% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 British Columbia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2877(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
80
PC
 4/5 999 2.23% -15,139 Winner:
NDP
 16,138 36.07% Nelson A. Riis

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Niel (Don) Cameron, M.P.		 11 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Donald Niel (Don) Cameron, député		 11 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Donald Niel Cameron		 11 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Donald Niel Cameron		 11 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 11 Mar 2024 20:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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