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==State politics== An early member of the [[Country Party (South Australia)|Country Party]], Cameron unsuccessfully stood for the [[South Australian House of Assembly]] seat of [[Electoral district of Wooroora|Wooroora]] at the [[1924 South Australian state election|1924 state election]].<ref name=adb2>{{cite news|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cameron-archie-galbraith-9669|first=Stephen|last=Wilks|year=2021|work=Biographical Dictionary of the House of Representatives|title=Archie Galbraith Cameron (1895β1956)}}</ref> He reprised his candidacy in Wooroora at the [[1927 South Australian state election|1927 state election]] and was elected.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl|pid=3692|name=Hon Archie Galbraith Cameron|former=yes|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> Cameron was elected state leader of the Country Party in 1928. Prior to the [[1931 Australian federal election|1931 federal election]] he was involved in the formation of the [[Emergency Committee of South Australia]] as a united anti-[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] party. In 1932 he led his party into a merger with the [[Liberal Federation]] to form the [[Liberal and Country League]]. The Country Party's terms were stiff; among them, Cameron sought to transfer to federal politics, and wanted a safe seat in which to run at the next election. Accordingly, Cameron resigned from state parliament in 1934 in order to run in that year's federal election.<ref name=adb2/>
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