12th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
In office 22 February 1950 – 9 August 1956
Preceded by
Sol Rosevear
Succeeded by
Sir John McLeay
Leader of the Country Party
In office 13 September 1939 – 16 October 1940
Deputy
Harold Thorby Arthur Fadden
Preceded by
Earle Page
Succeeded by
Arthur Fadden
Minister for Commerce
In office 14 March 1940 – 28 October 1940
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Preceded by
Sir Earle Page
Succeeded by
George McLeay
Minister for Navy
In office 14 March 1940 – 28 October 1940
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Preceded by
Frederick Stewart
Succeeded by
Billy Hughes
Postmaster-General
In office 7 November 1938 – 26 April 1939
Prime Minister
Joseph Lyons Earle Page
Preceded by
Alexander McLachlan
Succeeded by
Eric Harrison
Member of the Australian Parliament for Barker
In office 15 September 1934 – 9 August 1956
Preceded by
Malcolm Cameron
Succeeded by
Jim Forbes
Leader of the South Australian Country Party
In office 1928 – 9 June 1932
Preceded by
Malcolm McIntosh
Succeeded by
party abolished
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Wooroora
In office 26 March 1927 – 7 August 1934
Preceded by
Allan Robertson
Succeeded by
Albert Robertson
Personal details
Born
(1895-03-22)22 March 1895 Happy Valley, South Australia, Australia
Died
9 August 1956(1956-08-09) (aged 61) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party
Country (federal, 1927–40) Country (state, until 1932) LCL (state, 1932–1934) UAP (1940–44) Liberal (1944–56)
Spouse
Margaret Walsh
(m. 1925)
Occupation
Farmer
Archie Galbraith Cameron (22 March 1895 – 9 August 1956) was an Australian politician. He was a government minister under Joseph Lyons and Robert Menzies, leader of the Country Party from 1939 to 1940, and finally Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1950 until his death.
Cameron was born in Happy Valley, South Australia. After serving in World War I, he took up a farm near Loxton as a soldier settler. He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly in 1927, and to the House of Representatives at the 1934 federal election. Cameron was Postmaster-General in the Lyons government from 1938 to 1939. He replaced Earle Page as leader of the Country Party in September 1939, and in March 1940 led the party back into coalition with the United Australia Party (UAP), which Page had broken off. Cameron was de facto deputy prime minister under Menzies, as well as Minister for Commerce and Minister for the Navy. However, he was deposed as Country Party leader in October 1940, subsequently defecting to the UAP (and later joining the new Liberal Party). Cameron's last appointment was as Speaker, where he was highly respected. He was known throughout his political career for his eccentric manner and strong personality.
Archie Galbraith Cameron (22 March 1895 – 9 August 1956) was an Australian politician. He was a government minister under Joseph Lyons and Robert Menzies...
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rather than serve under Menzies. The coalition was re-formed under ArchieCameron in 1940, and continued until October 1941 despite the election of Arthur...
Page was deposed as Country Party leader in favour of ArchieCameron. In March 1940, ArchieCameron led the Country Party back into coalition with the UAP...
to re-admit them. ArchieCameron, generally seen as Page's ally, was elected as the party's new leader. Fadden did not regard Cameron favourably, in one...
Party led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies and the Country Party led by ArchieCameron, defeated the opposition Labor Party under John Curtin despite losing...
contested the resulting leadership ballot against South Australian MP ArchieCameron, losing by seven votes to five. Prior to the ballot, the Country Party...
to as Doctor Archie. Archibald Cameron was born in 1707 at Achnacarry Castle, the sixth child (and third surviving son) of John Cameron, Lord Lochiel...
character in the Archie Comics franchise, including the long-running Archie Andrews radio series, a syndicated comic strip, The Archie Show, Archie's Weird Mysteries...
The following is a list of the Chiefs of Clan Cameron, the senior line of the ancient Cameron clan. The chief is seated at Achnacarry Castle and uniquely...
part of the former Barmera railway line. The Cameron Highway was named around 2008 after either ArchieCameron (a local state and Federal politician who...
existence, except for a six-year period when Country Party MP ArchieCameron held it; however, Cameron joined the United Australia Party, direct forerunner of...
his government in a full-fledged Coalition, with Page's successor, ArchieCameron, as number-two-man in the government. During the Danzig crisis, Menzies...
the Country Party of Australia and de facto-Deputy Prime Minister. ArchieCameron was elected party leader in preference to John McEwen seven votes to...
have been former government ministers: William Watt, Littleton Groom, ArchieCameron, Ian Sinclair and Bronwyn Bishop; two have been former Parliamentary...
Archibald Cameron (British Army officer) (1870–1944), British general Archibald Cameron (sailor) (1919–1987), Canadian Olympian ArchieCameron (1895–1956)...
Menzies took the Country Party back into his government - now led by ArchieCameron. Percy Spender, who died in 1985, was the last surviving member of the...
on 14 March 1940 after Menzies entered into a formal Coalition with ArchieCameron and his Country Party. The ministry was replaced by the Third Menzies...
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created by Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in Archie Comics who first appeared in the first Archie story, from Pep Comics #22 (December 1941). He is...
mother in Edinburgh in 1938. She was then adopted by ArchieCameron and Dorothy Cameron. ArchieCameron was a consultant for British Rail and an economist...
e National Party of Australia Leaders William McWilliams Earle Page ArchieCameron Arthur Fadden John McEwen Doug Anthony Ian Sinclair Charles Blunt Tim...
still refused to join a government under Menzies, he was replaced by ArchieCameron as leader of the Country Party on 13 September 1939, allowing the conservative...
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