{{Short description|Junior Minister at the Northern Ireland Executive Office since 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Pam Cameron | honorific_suffix = MLA | image = PamLewis.jpg | image_size = 160px | alt = | caption = | office = Junior Minister Assisting the Deputy First Minister | term_start = 3 February 2024 | term_end = 16 September 2025 | predecessor = Declan Kearney (2022) | successor = Joanne Bunting | office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly<br/>for South Antrim | assembly2 = Northern Ireland | majority2 = | term_start2 = 5 May 2011 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Thomas Burns | successor2 = | office3 = Mayor of Antrim | deputy3 = | term_start3 = 2010 | term_end3 = 2011 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = Member of <br/> Antrim Borough Council | constituency4 = Antrim Town | term_start4 = 5 May 2005 | term_end4 = 22 May 2014 | predecessor4 = Paul Michael | successor4 = ''Council abolished'' | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|12|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = Pamela Brown | party = Democratic Unionist | spouse = Ian Lewis <small>(divorced)</small><ref name=bt16016472>{{cite news|title=Love cheat DUP MLA Pam Lewis dumps husband|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/love-cheat-dup-mla-pam-lewis-dumps-husband-16016472.html|work=Belfast Telegraph|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|accessdate=26 August 2012}}</ref><br>Michael Cameron | children = 3 | alongside = Aisling Reilly }}
'''Pamela (Pam) Cameron''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MLA}} (born 30 December 1971; formerly '''Lewis''', née '''Pamela Brown''') is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland, who served as a Junior Minister in the Executive of the 7th Northern Ireland Assembly from February 2024 to September 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
== Political career == Cameron has sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2011 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the South Antrim constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0507/breaking17.html|date=7 May 2011|accessdate=12 May 2011|title=SDLP loses South Antrim seat|work=The Irish Times}}</ref> She is the DUP Spokesperson for Equality, Disability and Participation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pam Cameron MLA |url=https://mydup.com/our-team/pam-cameron |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=DUP |language=en}}</ref>
Cameron was elected to Antrim Borough Council in 2005 and was elected as the Council's first woman Mayor in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antrimtimes.co.uk/news/local/antrim_council_elects_first_female_mayor_1_1692242|title=Antrim Council elects first female Mayor|work=Antrim News|date=14 June 2010|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref> Prior to her election to the Assembly, Cameron was the constituency office manager for the politician Sammy Wilson.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/robinson-rules-out-westminster-bid-15152757.html|work=Belfast Telegraph|title=Robinson rules out Westminster bid|date=8 May 2011|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref> Speaking about her election success, Cameron said: "I thought I would do well but I did not think I would get to this stage. I know there are Roman Catholics who voted for me and that I have cross-community support. I hope that continues."<ref name="bt16016472" />
Cameron became junior minister in the 2024 Northern Ireland Executive formation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stormont returns: who are the likely ministers in the new Northern Ireland Executive? |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/02/01/stormont-returns-who-are-the-likely-ministers-in-the-new-executive/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pam is married to Michael Cameron, a Northern Ireland civil servant. The relationship was the subject of a Press Complaints Commission complaint, which resulted in the publication of a correction and apology.{{clarify|date=March 2017}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcc.org.uk/case/resolved.html?article=ODU5OQ%3D%3D|title=Press Complaints Commission >> Resolved complaints >> Mr Michael Cameron|website=Pcc.org.uk|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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