Clyde Cameron

The Honourable Clyde Cameron AO
Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs
In office 6 June 1975 – 11 November 1975
Prime Minister	Gough Whitlam
Preceded by	Bill Morrison
Succeeded by	Bob Cotton
Minister for Labor and Immigration
In office 12 June 1974 – 6 June 1975
Prime Minister	Gough Whitlam
Preceded by	Himself (Labour) Al Grassby (Immigration)
Succeeded by	Jim McClelland
Minister for Labour
In office 19 December 1972 – 12 June 1974
Prime Minister	Gough Whitlam
Preceded by	Phillip Lynch
Succeeded by	Himself (Labour and Immigration)
Father of the House
In office 11 November 1977 – 19 September 1980
Preceded by	Kim Beazley Sr.
Succeeded by	Sir William McMahon
Member of the Australian Parliament for Hindmarsh
In office 10 December 1949 – 19 September 1980
Preceded by	Albert Thompson
Succeeded by	John Scott
Personal details
Born	(1913-02-11)11 February 1913 Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia
Died	14 March 2008(2008-03-14) (aged 95) Tennyson, South Australia, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouses	Ruby Krahe ​ ​ (m. 1939; div. 1966)​ Dorothy Bradbury ​ (m. 1967)​
Relations	Don Cameron (brother) Terry Cameron (nephew)
Occupation	Shearer, unionist

Clyde Robert Cameron, AO (11 February 1913 – 14 March 2008) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1980, representing the Division of Hindmarsh. He was a leading figure in the Australian labour movement and held ministerial office in the Whitlam government as Minister for Labour (1972–1974), Labor and Immigration (1974–1975), and Science and Consumer Affairs (1975).