Ewen Hugh Cameron


Ewen Hugh Cameron was a builder, store-keeper and politician in colonial Victoria, member for Evelyn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1874 to 1914.
Born in Kilmonivaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the son of Donald and Ann Cameron, Ewen Cameron arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and was engaged in the building industry with his brothers. He was a storekeeper at Anderson's Creek and Caledonia gold-diggings, a postmaster at Warrandyte in 1857 and farmed at Kangaroo Ground from 1860. Cameron was a member of the Castlemaine mining board and Eltham road board. He was the inaugural Eltham shire president in 1871 and president again later several times.
Cameron was Minister Mines and Water Supply from 10 June 1902 to 16 February 1904; Minister for Public Health, commissioner Public Works, vice-president Board Land & Works from 16 February 1904 to 31 October 1908.