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Daniel Alexander Cameron
Daniel Alexander Cameron
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Cape Breton North and Victoria
	In office; 1935–1937
Preceded by	Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone
Succeeded by	Matthew MacLean
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Victoria County
	In office; 1928–1930
	In office; 1923–1925
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Cape Breton
	In office; 1916–1920
Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia
	In office; 1921–1923
Personal details
Born	December 10, 1870; Sydney River, Nova Scotia
Died	September 4, 1937 (aged 66)
Political party	Liberal

Daniel Alexander Cameron (December 10, 1870 – September 4, 1937) was a Canadian politician from the province of Nova Scotia. He was one of the first Nova Scotian legislators of the 20th century to die while in office.

Early life and career

Born in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, the son of John and Isabella (Macdonald) Cameron, Cameron was educated at Sydney Academy and Dalhousie University where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was admitted to the bar in October 1893. In 1894, he started practicing law in Sydney. He was a member of the County Council from 1900 to 1911. He was the stipendiary magistrate for Sydney from 1905 to 1911. In 1911, he was appointed treasurer and solicitor for the Municipality of Cape Breton.

Political career

In 1916, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the electoral district of Cape Breton. A Nova Scotia Liberal, he was defeated in 1920. From 1921 to 1923, he was a Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia and was a Minister Without Portfolio in the cabinet of George Henry Murray. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 1923 and was elected to the House of Assembly for Victoria County. From 1923 to 1925, he was the Provincial Secretary in the cabinet of Ernest Howard Armstrong. He resigned in 1930 and was defeated in the 1930 federal election when he ran as the Liberal candidate for the electoral district of Cape Breton South. He was elected in the 1935 election for the electoral district of Cape Breton North and Victoria. He served for a little less than two years before he died in office in 1937.