Cam Campion

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1990-1993	43rd	Wanganui		National

Cameron "Cam" Campion (1943 - 1995) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Cameron was a queen scout and attended St Georges Preparatory School and Wanganui Collegiate. Cameron was captain of the Wanganui under 21 Rugby team. Cameron took a tourism delegation including the Ngate Poneke concert group, New Zealand Agridome to the Calgary Stampede and Edmington Klondike days in Canada. Married Margaret Neilson of Wanganui they had four children, Kirsty, Amanda, Meg and Duncan. Cameron was a successful Romney Stud Sheep Breeder at Okirae farm situated East of Wanganui.

He won the seat of Wanganui from Labour in 1990; the seat had been held by Russell Marshall who was retiring. However he was associated with Michael Laws, Hamish MacIntyre and Gilbert Myles in objecting to the monetarist policy of Ruth Richardson, known as Ruthanasia, which the fourth National Government was following.

He announced his resignation from the National Party on 3 March 1993, and accused the party of attempting to rig the reselection process against him. Campion remained an independent for the remainder of his term, up to the 1993 general election in November.

Campion died of a terminal illness after one term in parliament, which encouraged Laws in championing an unsuccessful 'Death with Dignity Bill' to legalise voluntary euthanasia.

His surviving wife Margaret was elected to the Wanganui District Council for the term 2001-04.

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