Ewen Hugh Cameron
Ewen Hugh Cameron (24 July 1831 – 27 September 1915) was a builder, store-keeper and politician in colonial Victoria (state of Victoria post 1901), member for Evelyn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1874 to 1914.[1]
Born in Kilmonivaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the son of Donald and Ann Cameron, Ewen Cameron arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and was engaged in the building industry with his brothers.[1] He was a storekeeper at Anderson's Creek and Caledonia gold-diggings, a postmaster at Warrandyte in 1857 and farmed at Kangaroo Ground from 1860.[1] Cameron was a member of the Castlemaine mining board and Eltham road board. He was the inaugural Eltham shire president in 1871 and president again later several times.[1]
Cameron was Minister Mines and Water Supply from 10 June 1902 to 16 February 1904; Minister for Public Health, commissioner Public Works, vice-president Board Land & Works from 16 February 1904 to 31 October 1908.[1]
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- 1831 births
- 1915 deaths
- 19th-century Australian politicians
- 20th-century Australian politicians
- Scottish emigrants to Australia
- People from Inverness
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly