Donald William Cameron (May 20, 1946 – May 3, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Nova Scotia from February 1991 to June 1993.
[5][6] Cameron entered provincial politics in the 1974 election, defeating Liberal Lester MacLellan by 272 votes in the Pictou East riding.
[21] Cameron's administration was known for a smaller cabinet, supporting anti-discrimination measures, and amending the human rights act to extend protection to gays and lesbians.
Cameron's government established a nonpartisan electoral boundaries revision commission in an attempt to end gerrymandering.
He was instrumental, first as a local MLA, then as industry minister in the government of John Buchanan, and then as premier, in the development of the Westray Mine in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
[26][27] Cameron's government is also remembered for continuing the Buchanan policy in supporting development of the controversial Point Aconi Generating Station project.
[28] In the 1993 election, Cameron won personal re-election in his Pictou East riding,[29] but his government was defeated in a landslide by the Nova Scotia Liberal Party under John Savage.