Clyde Cameron

Clyde Cameron
Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs
In office
6 June 1975 – 11 November 1975
Prime MinisterGough Whitlam
Preceded byBill Morrison
Succeeded byBob Cotton
Minister for Labor and Immigration
In office
12 June 1974 – 6 June 1975
Prime MinisterGough Whitlam
Preceded byHimself (Labour)
Al Grassby (Immigration)
Succeeded byJim McClelland
Minister for Labour
In office
19 December 1972 – 12 June 1974
Prime MinisterGough Whitlam
Preceded byPhillip Lynch
Succeeded byHimself (Labour and Immigration)
Father of the House
In office
11 November 1977 – 19 September 1980
Preceded byKim Beazley Sr.
Succeeded bySir William McMahon
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Hindmarsh
In office
10 December 1949 – 19 September 1980
Preceded byAlbert Thompson
Succeeded byJohn Scott
Personal details
Born(1913-02-11)11 February 1913
Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia
Died14 March 2008(2008-03-14) (aged 95)
Tennyson, South Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouses
Ruby Krahe
(m. 1939; div. 1966)
Dorothy Bradbury
(m. 1967)
RelationsDon Cameron (brother)
Terry Cameron (nephew)
OccupationShearer, 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).