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Cameron correctly predicted that Bossier City would grow "by leaps and bounds" in population as well as attracting business and investment.<ref name=sportj/>
Cameron correctly predicted that Bossier City would grow "by leaps and bounds" in population as well as attracting business and investment.<ref name=sportj/>
In June 1960, Cameron joined Mayor [[Clyde Fant]] of Shreveport at a reception at Shreveport Regional Airport called to honor disabled veterans from World War II and to seek the reopening of the Disabled American Veterans service center at the Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Hospital in Shreveport. The event drew large media coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2390666/|title=Riser, DuFour go to DAV Meeting in Shreveport|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=June 2, 1960|pages=6|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref>
In June 1960, Cameron joined Mayor [[Clyde Fant]] of Shreveport at a reception at Shreveport Regional Airport called to honor disabled veterans from World War II and to seek the reopening of the Disabled American Veterans service center at the [[Overton Brooks]] Veterans Administration Hospital in Shreveport. The event drew large media coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2390666/|title=Riser, DuFour go to DAV Meeting in Shreveport|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=June 2, 1960|pages=6|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref>
Cameron was unseated as mayor on April 8, 1961, after one term, by his fellow Democrat [[George Nattin]], who like McCranie and Cameron was a former municipal police chief. Nattin polled 3,204 votes (67 percent) to Cameron's 1,571 ballots (33 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1649774/|title=City Voters Across State Name Leaders|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=April 10, 1961|page=22|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>
Cameron was unseated as mayor on April 8, 1961, after one term, by his fellow Democrat [[George Nattin]], who like McCranie and Cameron was a former municipal police chief. Nattin polled 3,204 votes (67 percent) to Cameron's 1,571 ballots (33 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1649774/|title=City Voters Across State Name Leaders|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=April 10, 1961|page=22|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>