John Adamson | |
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Senator for Queensland | |
In office 1 July 1920 – 2 May 1922 | |
Succeeded by | John MacDonald |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Maryborough | |
In office 18 May 1907 – 2 October 1909 Serving with
William Mitchell | |
Preceded by | John Norman |
Succeeded by | Charles Booker |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Rockhampton | |
In office 25 February 1911 – 21 March 1917 Serving with
Kenneth Grant | |
Preceded by | William Kidston |
Succeeded by | Frank Forde |
Personal details | |
Born | John Adamson 18 February 1857 Tudhoe, Durham, England |
Died | 2 May 1922 Hendra, Queensland, Australia | (aged 65)
Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party |
Labor (1907–17) National (state) (1917–22) Nationalist (federal) (1917–22) |
Spouse | Caroline Jones (m.1884 d.1932) |
Occupation | Shoemaker, Blacksmith, Religious minister |
John Adamson CBE (18 February 1857 – 2 May 1922) was an English-born Australian politician. [1]
Born in Durham, he received a primary education before becoming a shoemaker, blacksmith and lay preacher. He migrated to Australia in 1878, becoming a Methodist minister in Queensland. [1]
At the 1907 election, Adamson was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labour member for Maryborough, serving until 2 October 1909 (the 1909 election). [1] [2]
On 25 February 1911, he was elected as the member for Rockhampton, serving until 21 March 1917. He was Secretary for Railways from 1 June 1915 to 2 October 1916. Adamson left the Labor Party in the wake of the 1916 split over conscription, joining the National Party. [1] [2]
In 1919, he was part of the formation of a brief-lived state National Labor Party [3] and then he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Queensland. [4] He served in the Senate from 1 July 1920 until his death on 2 May 1922. Following his death, the Queensland Government (then controlled by the Australian Labor Party) appointed John MacDonald, a Labor member, as his replacement. [2] [5]
Adamson died in 1922 after he fell in front of a train at Hendra railway station. Reports at the time suggested suicide as he had been suffering from illness and depression for some time. [1] [6] He was accorded a state funeral which proceeded from the Albert Street Methodist Church to the Toowong Cemetery. [1] [7] [8]
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