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Douglas Cameron (politician)

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appointed Cameron Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba on August 1, 1911. The position was largely ceremonial by this time, and Cameron had little involvement in the day-to-day affairs of the province's government. In 1915, however, Cameron used his constitutional authority to call a Royal Commission of
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Cameron entered politics in 1901, having been elected as a councillor in Rat Portage. He would later serve as the city's mayor. In 1902, he was elected to the
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Enquiry into an ongoing scandal involving the construction costs of the province's new legislative buildings. The Commission upheld charges against
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The Liberals lost the election of 1905, and Cameron lost his own riding to Smellie, 1536 votes to 1228. Shortly thereafter, he moved to
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Cameron's term in office ended in 1916. He died in 1921.
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The Honourable
KCMG

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
George V
The Earl Grey
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Rodmond Roblin
Tobias Norris
Daniel Hunter McMillan
James Albert Manning Aikins
Hawkesbury
Canada West
Toronto
Ontario
Liberal
Liberal
John Cameron
KCMG
Ontario Legislature
eighth
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
Hawkesbury
Canada West
Ontario
Brandon
Kenora
Maple Leaf Flour Mills
Rat Portage Lumber Company
Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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