poses Confederation scheme, his
motion for an appeal to the people defeated, 185. =BL= Defeated in
elections of 1848, 279. =Bib.:= Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Cameron, Malcolm= (1808-1876). Elected to Assembly of Upper Canada for
Lanark, 1836. A persistent opponent of the Family Compact. Appointed
inspector of revenue, under Bagot. Held various offices in the La
Fontaine-Baldwin and Hincks administrations. In 1863 resigned his seat,
to accept appointment as Queen's Printer. Represented South Lanark in
Dominion House, 1874-1876. =Index: B= Opposes George Brown in Kent and
Lambton, 1851, 40, 41; a Clear Grit, who had joined Hincks-Morin
government, 40-41; defeated by Brown, 77. =BL= Opens discussion on
responsible government, 1841, 90; assistant commissioner of public
works, 1848, 284; a bitter opponent of Sir F.B. Head--held minor office
under Bagot, radical in his sympathies, 284; his resignation, 337; a
leader of the Radicals, 341. =E= Elected 1847, 50; becomes assistant
commissioner of public works, in La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 53; a
leading member of Clear Grits, 110; joins Hincks-Morin government, 112;
president of the Executive Council, 113; becomes minister of new
department of agriculture, 117; postmaster-general, 1853, 126; defeated
in Lambton, 134; advocates complete secularization of Clergy Reserves,
163. =R= Opposes separate schools, 224. =Bib.=: Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._;
Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Morgan, _Cel. Can._

=Cameron, Sir Matthew Crooks= (1822-1887). Born in Dundas, Ontario.
Educated at the Home District Grammar School, Toronto, and at Upper
Canada College; studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1849.
Sat in the Assembly for North Ontario, 1861-1863 and 1864-1867. Defeated
in North Ontario for election to the House of Commons, 1867. Elected to
the Ontario Assembly for East Toronto; provincial secretary, 1867-1871;
commissioner of crown lands, 1871-1872; leader of the opposition in the
Assembly, 1872-1876. Appointed judge of the Court of Queen's Bench,
1878; chief-justice of the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of
Justice, 1884. =Index: B= Seconds motion to submit Confederation scheme
to the people, 185. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Rattray, _The Scot in
British North America_; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.

=Cameronians.= =Bk= 26th Regiment, stationed at Fort Niagara, 57.

=Camosun. D= Indian village on site of Victoria, B.C., 175; meaning of
name, 175.

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