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Clyde Robert Cameron (born 11 February 1914), Australian politician, was a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government and a leading figure in the Australian labour movement for forty years. Jump to: navigation, search February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Edward Gough Whitlam (born 11 July 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ...

Cameron was born in Murray Bridge, South Australia, the son of a shearer of Scottish descent. He was educated at Gawler, but left school at 14 to work as a shearer. He was unemployed during the depths of the Great Depression, an experience he never forgot or forgave. During the rest of the 1930s he worked in every Australian state and in New Zealand. He was active in the Australian Workers Union and the Australian Labor Party from an early age, becoming an AWU organiser and then South Australian State President and a Federal Vice-President of the union in 1941. From 1943 to 1948 he was the union's industrial advocate and taught himself industrial law. In 1946 he became State President of the Labor Party. Murray Bridge (35°07′ S 139°16′ E) is a city in South Australia about 80km southeast of Adelaide. ... Gawler is a town in the state of South Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the worldwide economic crisis of the 1930s; for other uses of the term, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is one of Australias largest and oldest trade unions. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1939 Cameron married Ruby Krahe (always called "Cherie"), with whom he had three children. In 1949 he suffered a personal crisis when all three children were afflicted with poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis). He also learned that his youngest son suffered from an intellectual disability. Although they all eventually recovered from polio, the ordeal permanently affected Cameron, and contributed to the breakup of his marriage. In 1966 the Camerons were divorced and in 1967 he remarried to Dorothy Bradbury. Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-BÃ©del Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cameron was the most powerful figure in the South Australian labour movement in the 1940s, and at the 1949 election he was elected to the House of Representatives for the safe Labor seat of Hindmarsh, leaving his brother Donald (later a Senator) in charge of the South Australian AWU. He rapidly made his mark as one of the most aggressive and uncompromising Labor members ever to enter the Australian Parliament. Cameron hated the conservatives with a deep and personal hatred, and made no secret of it. He rapidly emerged as one of the leaders of the left-wing of the Caucus, led at that time by Eddie Ward, who became Cameron's mentor. Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ... A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ... Eddie Ward The Right Honourable Edward John Eddie Ward (7 March 1899 – 31 July 1963), Australian politician, was a long serving and controversial Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years from 1931 until his death in 1963. ...

It was the tragedy of Labor politicians of Cameron's generation that Labor spent 23 years in Opposition from 1949 to 1972, and he like many others spent his best years out of office. During the Labor Split of the 1950s Cameron became a leading supporter of federal Labor Leader Dr H.V. Evatt and an opponent of the right-wing Catholic faction. He was among those who insisted that all the "Groupers" be expelled from the party. He also conducted a long feud with the right-wing federal leadership of the AWU led by Tom Dougherty, one of the long list of people Cameron hated. Jump to: navigation, search 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt Dr Herbert Vere Evatt (April 30, 1894 - November 2, 1965), Australian jurist, politician and writer (generally known in his lifetime as Dr H.V. Evatt and popularly known as Doc) was born in Maitland, New South Wales, to a working...

Nevertheless Cameron was an intelligent and able parliamentarian, and by the 1960s he could see that Labor would never win a federal election again unless it could find both a leader and a set of policies acceptable to an increasingly middle-class electorate. Ward's death in 1963 marked the end of the old Depression-era leftism in the federal Caucus. The younger left leaders such as Cameron, Jim Cairns and Tom Uren were more willing to adapt to changed circumstances. Cameron became increasingly critical of Arthur Calwell's leadetrship, although he supported Calwell in his passionate opposition to the Vietnam War. Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. ... Tom Uren (born 1921) is a former Australian politician and peace campaigner, and was also a prisoner of war under the Japanese in World War II. He was born in Balmain, Sydney and was educated at Manly High School. ... Rt Hon Arthur Calwell (with young migrant, 1949) Arthur Augustus Calwell (August 28, 1896 - July 8, 1973) Australian politician, was Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1960 to 1967. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its alliesâ€”notably the United States...

Calwell retired in 1967 and was succeeded by Gough Whitlam. Although he disagreed with Whitlam on many issues, after 1968 Cameron became a supporter of Whitlam's leadership. In 1969 Whitlam made Cameron Shadow Minister for Labor, giving him a real stake in a Labor victory. It was Cameron's decisive influence that gained Whitlam the numbers on the Federal Executive, and in 1970 he supported Whitlam's move to reform the Victorian branch of the Labor Party, which was controlled by the extreme left. Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Edward Gough Whitlam (born 11 July 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... The National Executive is the highest elected body of the Australian Labor Party, one of the major political parties in Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Peace and Prosperity Nickname: Garden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Governor Premier Const. ...

In December 1972 Labor came to office under Whitlam, and Cameron became Minister for Labour at the age of 58. He created a sensation by sacking the permanent head of his department, Sir Halford Cook, and bringing in an outsider: he was always deeply suspicious of senior public servants. But he greatly improved the pay and conditions of other public servants, using the public sector to set new benchmarks which he hoped would be extended to the private sector. Revealing hinmself to be an unsuspected feminist, he hired Mary Gaudron (later the first woman on the High Court bench) to argue before the Arbitration Commission for equal pay for women workers. His senior advisor was John Bannon, later Premier of South Australia. Jump to: navigation, search 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. ... Mary Genevieve Gaudron (born 5 January 1943) was the first female judge of the High Court of Australia. ... High Court entrance The High Court of Australia is the court of last resort for the jurisdiction of Australia. ... Categories: Stub | 1943 births | Australian Labor Party politicians | Premiers of South Australia ... This is a list of Premiers of South Australia. ...

The unions had high hopes that Cameron would bring greatly improved benefits for industrial workers. But unfortunately for Cameron, the Australian economy began to deteriorate rapidly in 1974 as a result of the inflation caused by the oil shock, and the government came under increasing pressure to hold back wage increases, which were seen by orthodox economists to be fuelling inflation. Cameron resisted this pressure and his relations with Whitlam deteriorated. At the same time, he became increasingly critical of union leaders who, as he saw it, blindly pursued wage rises without regard to the state of the economy, or to the incomes policy of their own Labor government. Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... An Energy Crisis is any great shortfall (or price rise) in the supply of energy to an economy. ...

By 1975 the Whitlam government was in crisis and Whitlam made a sharp turn to the right, bringing in Bill Hayden as Treasurer and James McClelland as Minister for Labour. Cameron refused to resign as Labour Minister and Whitlam was forced to ask the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, to withdraw his commission. He was eventually persuaded to accept the position of Minister for Science. Jump to: navigation, search 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Hon Bill Hayden William George Hayden (born 23 January 1933), Australian politician and 21st Governor_General of Australia, was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of an American-born sailor of Irish descent. ... James L. (Jay) McClelland (born December 1, 1948) is a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University. ... Jump to: navigation, search Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of the state, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir John Kerr The Right Honourable Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC (September 24, 1914 - April 7, 1991), Australian judge and 18th Governor-General of Australia, dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, sparking one of the most significant constitutional...

Cameron thus became once again Whitlam's implacable enemy, but with the fall of Whitlam's government in November there was little he could do. He withdrew to the backbench and in 1980 he retired from Parliament. In retirement he published several volumes of vindictive but amusing memoirs. He kept a diary throughout his career, but shortly after his retirement these were (he claims) stolen from his home by ASIO agents. Cameron remained a frequent contributor to public debate well into his 80s. Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... ASIO is an acronym for: The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Audio stream input output, a protocol for low-latency digital audio specified by Steinberg This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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