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
governmen
, 40-41; defeated by Brown, 77. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) 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. (Lord Elgin era) 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. (Egerton Ryerson era) Opposes separate schools, 224. =Bib.=: Rose, Cyc. Can. Biog.;
Dent, Can. Por. and Last Forty Years; Morgan, Cel. Can.