Hector Cameron was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. He represented Victoria North

Victoria North

Victoria North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1875 to 1887 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in Montreal

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, the son of Kenneth Cameron and Christian Selby. Cameron was the nephew of John Cameron who had served in the assembly for the Province of Canada. He was educated at King's College London

King's College London

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, Trinity College, Dublin

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 and the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. Cameron was called to the bar in 1854. In 1860, he married Clara Boswell. In 1872, he was named Queen's Counsel

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. He practised law in Toronto

Toronto

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. Cameron was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons in 1867, 1872, 1874 and a subsequent by-election held in 1874. The election of James Maclennan

James Maclennan

James Maclennan was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in the township of Lancaster, Upper Canada , the son of Roderick Maclennan and Mary Macpherson, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University in 1849. He studied to be a lawyer and was...

 in 1874 was overturned and Cameron was declared elected in 1875. He was elected again in 1878 and 1882 but defeated by John Augustus Barron

John Augustus Barron

John Augustus Barron was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1887 as Member of the Liberal Party in the riding of Victoria North. He was re-elected in 1891 but unseated by petition and lost in the riding by-election on February 11, 1892...

 when he ran for reelection in 1887. Cameron was a director of the Huron and Quebec Railway. He died in Cobourg

Cobourg, Ontario

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at the age of 64.