Donald Cameron

Donald Andrew John Cameron MSP (born 26 November 1976) is a Scottish politician who is a Conservative Member of Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands region, elected in 2016. In the Scottish Parliament, he is the Scottish Conservative's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Europe and External Affairs.

Background

Donald Cameron is the son of the Donald Cameron 27th Lochiel, chief of the Clan Cameron.

Donald Cameron was educated at Harrow School and graduated with a first-class honours degree in modern history from Oriel College, Oxford and a Diploma in Law from City University London. He worked as an advocate for 10 years before his election and acted for a range of clients in public, agricultural and crofting law.

Political career

Donald Cameron stood as the Scottish Conservative candidate in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency, coming fourth in the 2010 general election; he came third contesting Orkney and Shetland in 2015.

In 2016, Donald Cameron stood as a candidate at Argyll and Bute for the Scottish Parliament and was subsequently elected as the Conservatives' third placed candidate on the Highlands and Islands regional list. He was appointed by the party as their 'Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport'.

In 2018, Donald Cameron was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and was also appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist 2021 Policy Co-ordinator in 2017.

In 2019, Donald Cameron was appointed Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Europe and External Affairs by the Interim Leader of the Scottish Conservatives Jackson Carlaw.

Donald Cameron helped re-establish the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities and acts as one of three co-convenors of the group. He is the vice-convenor of both the CPG on Gàidhlig and the CPG on Combating Sectarianism in Scottish Society. He also sits on various other cross-party groups (CPG), including the; CPG on Chronic Pain, CPG on Cooperatives, CPG on Crofting, CPG on Dyslexia, CPG on Life Sciences and the CPG on MS.

Ancestry