Alexander Cameron (tramways administrator)

Alexander Cameron was a lawyer, local councillor, and tramways administrator. Following university education he established a legal practice, and later ran for, and won, election on Town of Malvern council. In this position he advocated for the establishment of a local tramway system, and became the inaugural Chairman of the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust. In 1919 he was appointed as the inaugural Chairman of the newly established Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board and presided in that capacity until 1935, creating a unified tram network from the disparate systems that were hitherto operating in Melbourne. He was recognised as a transport expert from his years of experience managing and expanding tramways of Melbourne.

Alexander Cameron was born onAugust 1864, along with a twin brother, on a sheep station near Hamilton, Victoria to John Cameron and his wife Barbara Winifred . He attended Hamilton College and then studied law at the University of Melbourne. In 1881 he was articled to Charles James Cresswell in Hamilton, and from 1885 to David Houston Herald in Melbourne, being admitted as a barrister and solicitor onSeptember 1886. Following overseas travel, Cameron established a legal practice with Samuel Crisp in Melbourne in 1889.

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