death_date death_place religion birth_place image_size title profession birth_date term_start spouse signature image article_title term_end name
6 october 1919 edmonton , alberta , canada presbyterian east hawkesbury , canada west 180px alderman on the edmonton town council merchant 28 may 1846 february 10 , 1892 january 14 , 1895 elizabeth ann mccann john cameron signature.svg john cameron , 1880.jpg john cameron -lrb- alberta politician -rrb-
 january 13 , 1893 january 13 , 1896 john cameron
john cameron -lrb- alberta politician -rrb-

john cameron -lrb- may 28 , 1846 -- october 6 , 1919 -rrb- was a merchant and politician in alberta , canada and a municipal councillor in edmonton .
he is regarded as one of the city 's pioneer citizens .
born in canada west -lrb- later ontario -rrb- , cameron worked as a merchant in his birth province and manitoba before coming to edmonton in 1881 .
in edmonton he continued as a merchant , owning and operating a store for 15 years .
in edmonton he quickly established himself as a prominent citizen , serving on the inaugural edmonton board of trade as president , which he would remain for five years .
cameron also was involved in the development of the edmonton public school board , serving on the board in the 1890s .
he was also involved in the town 's politics , winning election to edmonton 's first town council in 1892 and serving an additional term when elected in 1895 .
after this retirement from politics , he worked in the coal and real estate business until his death in 1919 , at the age of 73 .
upon his death , he was lauded as one of the pioneer citizens of edmonton ; a street , neighbourhood and ravine were named for him .
