Terry Cameron

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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Terry Gordon Cameron (born 19 October 1946) is a former South Australian politician.

Cameron entered the South Australian Legislative Council in 1994 to fill a Labor Party vacancy, and then was re-elected as a Labor candidate in 1997. However he resigned from the party in order to support the Olsen Liberal government's legislation to lease ETSA in 1998.{{cite news |last=Coorey |first=Phillip |date=25 July 1998 |title=The man most likely |work=The Advertiser |page=19}} After resigning, he formed the short-lived SA First party.{{cite news |last=Kelton |first=Greg |date=30 January 2002 |title=State Election 2002: New party could be the one to watch |work=The Advertiser |page=13}}

He sought re-election to the Legislative Council at the 2006 election as an independent, but was defeated, finishing second-last among the 25 tickets contesting the election.{{cite news |date=19 March 2006 |title=The Verdict: Election 2006 |work=The Sunday Mail |page=13}}{{Cite SA-parl |pid=569 |name=Terry Cameron |former=yes |access-date=12 November 2022}}

Prior to entering parliament, Cameron worked for the Australian Workers' Union before becoming State Secretary of the Labor Party.{{cite news|last=Mayne|first=Stephen|title=Tracking the unionists in parliament|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2006/01/25/tracking-the-unionists-in-parliament/|accessdate=28 April 2014|newspaper=Crikey|date=25 January 2006}}

He is the nephew of Clyde Cameron.{{cite hansard |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F2008-03-17%2F0012;query=Id%3Achamber%2Fhansards%2F2008-03-17%2F0000 |title=Condolences: Hon. Clyde Robert Cameron AO |speaker=Nick Minchin |jurisdiction=Australia |house=Australian Senate |date=17 March 2008}}