The members of the Australian Parliament assembled for the first time in Melbourne on 9 May 1901. One hundred and eleven members, comprising 36 senators and 75 members of the House of Representatives, had been elected in polls held in all states on the 29th or 30th March.
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Donald Norman Cameron was born in Fordon, Tasmania. He was the elder brother of Senator Cyril St Clair Cameron. The brothers represented opposing groups in the first Parliament, Cyril supporting protection principally, while Donald was a supporter of free trade. Cameron was educated in Scotland and returned to Tasmania in 1870 to run his sheep property. Cameron held the seat of Deloraine in the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1893 and again in 1897-99.
Cameron was elected to the House of Representatives for Tasmania in 1901 at the first federal election but lost the seat at the election of 1903. When Sir Edward Braddon died in 1904, he won the by-election for Wilmot but was again defeated in 1906. He was known as an energetic and forceful member of Parliament.
After leaving Federal Parliament Cameron represented Wilmot in the Tasmanian House of Assembly 1912-13 and 1925-28.