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The Much Honoured
Donald Cameron
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Official portrait, 2021
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) |
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| Assumed office 5 May 2016 |
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| Scottish Conservative portfolios | |
| 2017–2018 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform |
| 2018–2020 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy |
| Feb–Aug 2020 | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance |
| 2020–2021; 2016–2017 |
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport |
| 2021–present | Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture |
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| Born | 26 November 1976 London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Scottish Conservatives |
| Spouse |
Sarah MacIay
(m. 2009) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford; City Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Donald Andrew John Cameron of Lochiel, MSP (born 26 November 1976), is a Scottish Conservative politician, who has served as Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands region since 2016. In May 2021, he was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture. In October 2023, he succeeded his father as the 28th Lochiel (i.e. hereditary chief) of Clan Cameron.
Background
Donald Cameron was born at St Mary's Hospital, London, on 26 November 1976, as the son of Donald Angus Cameron, Master of Lochiel—later Chief of Clan Cameron—and Lady Cecil Cameron (née Kerr), daughter of Lord Lothian. He was educated at Harrow School before going up to Oriel College, Oxford where graduated with a first-class honours degree in modern history then from City, University of London, with a Diploma in Law.
Cameron worked as an advocate for 10 years before his election and acted for a range of clients in public, agricultural and crofting law.
Career
Cameron stood as the Scottish Conservative candidate in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency, coming fourth in the 2010 general election; he came third contesting Orkney and Shetland in 2015.
In 2016, Cameron stood as a candidate at Argyll and Bute for the Scottish Parliament and came third, but was subsequently elected as the Conservatives' third-placed candidate on the Highlands and Islands regional list. The Scottish Conservative Party nominated him as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.
In 2017, Cameron was appointed the Scottish Conservatives' 2021 Policy Co-ordinator.
In February 2020, Cameron was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance by the Scottish Conservative Leader Jackson Carlaw.
In August 2020, Cameron was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport by the new Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Douglas Ross. In May 2021, he was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture.
Cameron helped re-establish the Cross-Party Group on Health Inequalities and was one of three co-convenors of the group until May 2021. He remains a member of the group. He is Co-convenor of the Cross-Party Group on MS and he is the Vice-Convenor of the Cross-Party Group on Gàidhlig. He also sits on various other cross-party groups including those on Beer & Pubs and Crofting.
On 12 January 2022, Cameron joined his Scottish Conservatives Leader Ross in calling for Boris Johnson to resign as Prime Minister over the Westminster lockdown parties controversy along with a majority of Scottish Conservative MSPs.
Upon the death of his father in October 2023, he succeeded to the chiefship of Clan Cameron, thus becoming the 28th Lochiel.
Personal life
In 2009, Cameron married Sarah Elizabeth MacIay, only daughter of the Hon. Angus Grenfell MacIay, niece of Lord MacIay: they have four sons and a daughter.
