He met Coun Bob Bibby, who now leads the first conservative majority in the town in 22 years and the three new councillors who won key seats in yesterday's poll.
Mr Cameron was mobbed by supporters and journalists at a congratulatory press conference under a statue of the town's former conservative prime minister Robert Peel.
He spent less than half an hour in the town, joking he and senior colleagues had come to feel at home there after visiting repeatedly over the last few weeks, ahead of yesterday's polls which saw his party gain 230 seats and eight councils across the country.
He said: "Everybody knows you have to win in places like Bury or you cannot win over the country. It is not just Bury we have won seats across the north west, in Salford, Wigan and Bolton too.
"This is more than just a vote against Gordon Brown and Labour what has happened in these elections shows a positive change to the Conservative party, it is a huge moment for the party.
"People see us a changing party, a party which is coming forward with the right policies to tackle the rising cost of living, for our schools, for our hospitals, supporting hard working families."
Mr Cameron, who was on a whistle stop tour of the country had already visited Barry, in Wales and Nuneaton, in the Midlands, thanked the Bury voters, shaking hands with the party faithful who had braved heavy rain to meet him.
Modern
He also paid tribute to Peel describing him as the founder of the modern conservative party.
"I admire his approach to politics, his honesty and integrity, he is the father of the modern conservatives."
Robin Fitton, 75, a retired farmer from Walmsley, was at Bury Market Place to congratulate Mr Cameron.
He said: "I told him Bury have started it for you Mr Cameron, now it is up to you to finish it.
"It was wonderful of him to come and celebrate the Conservative victory with us, the start of a new era."
Coun Bibby, who has led Bury Conservatives for the last two years said: "It was great to have Mr Cameron back here again today to celebrate our great news, we will enjoy this weekend after a long and hard fought campaign and then get on with running the town, fulfilling our election promises."
New councillor Jacqueline Harris, who won the Radcliffe North seat by almost 400 votes said being introduced to Mr Cameron was a wonderful end to a perfect week - which began when she hosted an impromptu tea party at her Walshaw home, for former Conservative leader William Hague.
She said: "I met Mr Hague at an event in Ainsworth and he looked exhausted so I asked him if he would like to come to my house for a cup of tea and a pit stop.
"I never thought he would say yes but he agreed and its was fascinating to have a proper in depth chat with him, he was very interested in my campaign and gave me lots of advice. I'll never forget it, even now it seems unreal."
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First the mass redundancies come,and then the crumbling public services .I hope those planning to vote tory ,at the next general election will hold their hands up,when we return to the (even more )nasty,cruel,selfish days of the 80s.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
"First the mass redundancies come,and then the crumbling public services"
I think you will find that is in the past tense. What do you think New Labour have been doing for 10 years.
Who sacked 100,000 civil servants?
Who is closing Hope & Fairfields Maternity Unit?
Who introduced tuition fees?
Who taxed the poor and took away 10%?
Who is has caused the removal of Final Salary Pension schemes because of his taxes?
Who invaded Iraq for Oil and still won't leave
I think you need to look closer at who the nasty party are. The electorate certainly did last week.
Get over it....
Roger, Blair took us into two wars, Iraq and Afganistan, where next I ask myself? We know that the Tories have done some lousy things, but this bunch of Nu Labour have made everything bad, done by the Tories, look like peanuts.
I didn’t know Nu-Labour sacked 100,000 civil servants?
At least they achieved something in their time eh!
Connor,
In his Comprehensive Spending Review in 2004, the Chancellor said that he would cut no fewer than 104,000 jobs in central government.
He probably employed an extra 105,000 elsewhere at twice the rate but that was the plan.