Colin Cameron was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who represented the electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

s of Nanaimo

Nanaimo (electoral district)

Nanaimo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.This riding was created as Nanaimo riding in 1903 from parts of Vancouver and Victoria ridings....

 from 1953 to 1958 and Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands

Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979.This riding was created in 1903 as "Nanaimo" riding...

 from 1962 to 1968 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a member of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in his first term of office, and of its successor, the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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, in his second term.

Born in England, Cameron came to Canada in 1907 at the age of ten. He worked as a farmer and in a shipyard before entering politics.

He also represented the district of Comox

Comox (electoral district)

Comox was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was one of the first twelve ridings representing that province upon its joining Confederation, and was a one-member constituency...

 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1937 to 1952. During World War I

World War I

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, Cameron served overseas as an engineer with the 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion in France

France

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 and Belgium

Belgium

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He served as the NDP's financial critic. Cameron died suddenly in office from a stroke

Stroke

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at the age of 71.

He was the author of Forestry ... B.C.'s devastated industry (ca 1940) and Money and the war (ca 1943).