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Full Name Ronald Ernest Camm Spouse(s) Florence Alice Leech (m.1939 d.2005) Party National Party of Australia | ||
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Camm (22 July 1914 - 15 March 1988) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Camm was born in Emerald, Queensland, the son of Jonathan Robert Camm and his wife Tassie (née Johnson). He was educated in Rockhampton and Mackay and began his working life for OE Neale in Mackay. After a time working as a labourer in Bloomsbury he became a canefarmer at Mount Julia.
On The 17th June 1939 he married Florence Alice Leech (died 2005) and together had a son and two daughters. Camm died at Auchenflower in March 1988.
Public career
Camm, representing the Country Party, won the 1961 by-election for the Queensland state seat of Whitsunday following the death of the sitting member, Lloyd Roberts. He went on to represent the electorate until his retirement from politics in 1980.
During his time in politics, he held the following ministerial portfolios:
He was the Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary National Party from 1968 until 1980.