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Martin Cameron
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| Member of the South Australian Legislative Council |
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| In office 3 July 1971 – 31 August 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Norman Jude |
| Succeeded by | Bernice Pfitzner |
| Senator for South Australia | |
| In office 23 May 1969 – 24 October 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Keith Laught |
| Succeeded by | Don Cameron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1935 Millicent, South Australia |
| Political party | Liberal (fed, 1969) LCL (1971–73) Lib Movement (1973–76) Liberal (1976–90) |
| Spouse | Barbara Mary Cameron (nee Hensley) |
| Children | 5 |
Martin Bruce Cameron (born 24 August 1935) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate from May to October 1969. He was later a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1971 to 1990, sitting as a Liberal except during 1973–76, when he represented the splinter Liberal Movement.
State defeat and Senate term
In 1968 Cameron contested the safe Labor House of Assembly seat of Millicent for the Liberal and Country League (LCL) after objecting to the views of incumbent Des Corcoran on road transport control. Cameron gained a 13% swing but lost by one vote. Cameron challenged the result at the Court of Disputed Returns, which ordered a by-election. Corcoran comfortably won the by-election.
Early in 1969, Senator Keith Laught died suddenly and Cameron was nominated by Premier Steele Hall as his replacement. However, Cameron's time in the Senate was brief, for an election for the vacancy was held to coincide with the 1969 Australian federal election in October and he was defeated by Labor's Don Cameron (no relation).
