Clyde Cameron | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs | |
| In office 6 June 1975 – 11 November 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Bill Morrison |
| Succeeded by | Bob Cotton |
| Minister for Labor and Immigration | |
| In office 12 June 1974 – 6 June 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Himself (Labour) Al Grassby (Immigration) |
| Succeeded by | Jim McClelland |
| Minister for Labour | |
| In office 19 December 1972 – 12 June 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Phillip Lynch |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Labour and Immigration) |
| Father of the House | |
| In office 11 November 1977 – 19 September 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Kim Beazley Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Sir William McMahon |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hindmarsh | |
| In office 10 December 1949 – 19 September 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Thompson |
| Succeeded by | John Scott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1913 Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 14 March 2008 (aged 95) Tennyson, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouses | Ruby Krahe
(m. 1939; div. 1966)Dorothy Bradbury (m. 1967) |
| Relations | Don Cameron (brother) Terry Cameron (nephew) |
| Occupation | Shearer, unionist |
Clyde Robert Cameron, AO (11 February 1913 – 14 March 2008) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1980, representing the Division of Hindmarsh. He was a leading figure in the Australian labour movement and held ministerial office in the Whitlam government as Minister for Labour (1972–1974), Labor and Immigration (1974–1975), and Science and Consumer Affairs (1975).