John Cameron (Alberta politician)
- John Cameron (Alberta politician)
Infobox Politician (general)
name= John A. Cameron
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imagesize=300
title= Alderman on the Edmonton Town Council
term_start= February 10, 1892
term_end= January 13, 1893
term_start2= January 14, 1895
term_end2= January 13, 1896
birth_date= 1845
death_date = October 1919
profession= Businessman
John A. Cameron (born 1845, died October 1919) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
Biography
Cameron moved from Winnipeg to Edmonton in 1881 by ox-cart, bringing with him 96000 pounds of freight on a journey that took three months. This freight made up the initial stock of his A McDonald Company, which he managed for fifteen years. He was the first President of Edmonton's Board of Trade when it was founded in 1891, and served on the public school board until 1897.
He was elected to Edmonton's first town council in 1892, finishing fifth of fourteen candidates (the top six were elected). He was defeated in his 1893 re-election bid, in which he finished seventh of nine candidates. He briefly returned to the council after being elected again in 1895, but did not seek re-election the following year and remained out of politics thereafter.
He died in October of 1919. Cameron Heights, an Edmonton neighbourhood, is named in his honour.
References
* [http://www.epl.ca/Elections/results/EPLBiographiesLetter.cfm?id=C Edmonton Public Library biography of John Cameron]
* [http://www.edmonton.ca/CityGov/ElectionHistory/Members%20of%20Council%20Biographies.doc City of Edmonton biography of John Cameron]
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