He was born at Coraki in New South Wales, the son of blacksmith Donald Cameron and Joyce Betheras.
He was press secretary to Liberal leaders Pat Morton and Robert Askin 1955 – 1959.
[1] In 1968, Cameron was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Northcott.
He left the Assembly in 1984 to contest the Legislative Council for Fred Nile's Call to Australia group, which later became the Christian Democratic Party.
[1] One of his sons, Ross Cameron, is a former Liberal Party of Australia member for the federal seat of Parramatta.