[2] A businessman by career, Cameron was educated at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and McGill University.
[5][6] In August 1973, Cameron was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Fisheries.
[9] Cameron was re-elected by 13 votes in the 1978 election,[10] but moved to the opposition benches as Regan's Liberal government was defeated.
[3][13] In the 1981 election, the Liberals were reduced to 13 seats as John Buchanan's Tories were re-elected with a bigger majority.
[16] He led the Liberals into the 1984 election, but the party was reduced to 6 seats, while their popular vote dropped to 31 per cent.