Editing Archie Cameron (section)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] 
| name = Archie Cameron
| honorific-suffix = 
| image = archiecameron.jpg
| caption = Cameron as Speaker of the House
| office       = 12th [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives]]
| predecessor  = [[Sol Rosevear]]
| successor    = [[John McLeay, Sr.|Sir John McLeay]]
| term_start   = 22 February 1950
| term_end     = 9 August 1956

|office1          = [[National Party of Australia|Leader of the Country Party]]
|deputy1          = [[Harold Thorby]]<br />[[Arthur Fadden]]
|term_start1      = 13 September 1939
|term_end1        = 16 October 1940
|predecessor1     = [[Earle Page]]
|successor1       = [[Arthur Fadden]]

|office3          = [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Navy]]
|primeminister3   = [[Robert Menzies]]
|term_start3      = 14 March 1940
|term_end3        = 28 October 1940
|predecessor3     = [[Frederick Stewart (Australian politician)|Frederick Stewart]]
|successor3       = [[Billy Hughes]]

|office2            = [[Minister for Agriculture (Australia)|Minister for Commerce]]
|term_start2        = 14 March 1940
|term_end2          = 28 October 1940
|primeminister2     = [[Robert Menzies]]
|predecessor2       = [[Earle Page|Sir Earle Page]]
|successor2        = [[George McLeay]]

|office4              = [[Minister for Communications (Australia)|Postmaster-General]] 
|term_start4          = 7 November 1938
|term_end4            = 26 April 1939
|primeminister4       = [[Joseph Lyons]]<br />[[Earle Page]]
|predecessor4         = [[Alexander McLachlan (politician)|Alexander McLachlan]]
|successor4           = [[Eric Harrison]]

| constituency_MP5 = [[Division of Barker|Barker]]
| parliament5 = Australian
| predecessor5 = [[Malcolm Cameron (Australian politician)|Malcolm Cameron]]
| successor5 = [[Jim Forbes (Australian politician)|Jim Forbes]]
| term_start5 = 15 September 1934
| term_end5 = 9 August 1956

| office6 = [[Country Party (South Australia)|Leader of the South Australian<br>Country Party]]
| predecessor6 = [[Malcolm McIntosh (politician)|Malcolm McIntosh]]
| successor6 = [[Liberal and Country League|''party abolished'']]
| term_start6 = 1928
| term_end6 = 9 June 1932

| constituency_MP7 = [[Electoral district of Wooroora|Wooroora]]
| parliament7 = South Australian
| predecessor7 = [[Allan Robertson (politician)|Allan Robertson]]
| successor7 = [[Albert Robinson (Australian politician)|Albert Robertson]]
| term_start7 = 26 March 1927
| term_end7 = 7 August 1934

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1895|3|22}}
| birth_place = [[Happy Valley, South Australia]],  Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1956|8|9|1895|3|22}} 
| death_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Walsh|1925}}
| party = [[National Party of Australia|Country]] (federal, 1927–40) <br />[[Country Party (South Australia)|Country]] (state, until 1932)<br />[[Liberal and Country League|LCL]] (state, 1932–1934)<br />[[United Australia Party|UAP]] (1940–44) <br />[[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] (1944–56) 
| relations = 
| children =
| residence =
| alma_mater = 
| occupation = Farmer
| profession =
| signature =
| website = 
| footnotes =
}}
'''Archie Galbraith Cameron''' (22 March 1895{{spaced ndash}}9 August 1956) was an Australian politician. He was a government minister under [[Joseph Lyons]] and [[Robert Menzies]], leader of the [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]] from 1939 to 1940, and finally [[Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] from 1950 until his death.

Cameron was born in [[Happy Valley, South Australia]]. After serving in World War I, he took up a farm near [[Loxton, South Australia|Loxton]] as a [[Soldier settlement (Australia)|soldier settler]]. He was elected to the [[South Australian House of Assembly]] in 1927, and to the House of Representatives at the [[1934 Australian federal election|1934 federal election]]. Cameron was [[Postmaster-General of Australia|Postmaster-General]] in the [[Lyons government]] from 1938 to 1939. He replaced [[Earle Page]] as leader of the Country Party in September 1939, and in March 1940 led the party back into [[Coalition (Australia)|coalition]] with the [[United Australia Party]] (UAP), which Page had broken off. Cameron was ''de facto'' [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|deputy prime minister]] under Menzies, as well as [[Minister for Agriculture (Australia)|Minister for Commerce]] and [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for the Navy]]. However, he was deposed as Country Party leader in October 1940, subsequently defecting to the UAP (and later joining the new [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]). Cameron's last appointment was as Speaker, where he was highly respected. He was known throughout his political career for his eccentric manner and strong personality.