1012 John Cameron

Constituency  : Wick  Burghs  1885-92

John  was  a  candidate  from  the  Highland  Law  Reform  Association  standing  as  an  independent  Liberal. He  also  had  the  support  of  the  Wick  Radical  Workingmen's  Association. He  unseated  the  sitting  Liberal  John  Pender.

John  was  educated  at  Sharp's  Insitution  Perth  and  started  working  as  a  scientist  for  the  Inland  Revenue  ( no  I'm  not  sure  how that  worked ). He  studied  at  the  Royal  School  of  Mines  and  worked  both  there  and  at  the  Inland  Revenue  Laboratory  at  Somerset  House. In  1879  he  set  up  in  business  on  his  own  as  a  mining  consultant.

John  did  not  commit  himself  to  the  Crofter's  Party  but  sympathised  with  their  aims  and  criticised  the  Crofters  ( Scotland )  Bill  in  1886  for  not  going  far  enough.

John  stood  as  the  official  Liberal  candidate  in  subsequent  elections.

John  was  defeated  in  1892,  Pender  reclaiming  the  seat  as  a  Liberal  Unionist.

He  died  in  1912  aged  63.