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Alexander Whitcomb Cameron (December 6, 1905 – May 12, 1960) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.

Born in 1905 at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, Cameron was a lawyer by career. He graduated from Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University. He married Mary Kathryn MacLean in 1936. His father, Alexander, and his son, Sandy, also served as MLAs for Guysborough. From 1940 to 1957, he was employed as a municipal treasurer and clerk. He entered provincial politics in the 1956 election, winning the Guysborough riding by 166 votes. Cameron died at Antigonish on May 12, 1960.

References

1. "Electoral History for Guysborough". Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
2. ^ Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 27. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
3. "'Stanfield type' wins N.S. Liberal leadership". The Globe and Mail. June 9, 1980.
4. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1956. p. 28. Retrieved 2015-05-01.

• 1905 births
• 1960 deaths
• Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
• People from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
• Dalhousie University alumni
• Mount Allison University alumni
• 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly