Hugh Cameron (politician)

Hugh Cameron (March 18, 1836 – May 11, 1918) was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Iverness in Nova Scotia.

[2] Cameron studied at Saint Francis Xavier College and, in 1861, graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania and also from the School of Practical Obstetrics in Philadelphia.

He studied further at Bellevue Hospital medical school in New York City from 1864 to 1865 before returning to his practice.

[3] He was elected as a member of the Anti-Confederation Party to the 1st Canadian Parliament on September 20, 1867.

Cameron was appointed in the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia in 1879, serving until 1882.