Date of Birth: 12/05/1910
Place of Birth: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 08/03/1984
Place of Death: Concord, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Concord |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for Concord |
11 Feb 1950 |
22 May 1950 |
3 months 12 days |
By-election - elected for balance of term of Brice Mutton. |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
11 Feb 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 11 months 4 days |
Liberal Party |
Political Party Activity
Liberal Party. Councillor 1945-1953; member of the executive 1953-1959. He contested the seat of Dulwich Hill in 1947.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Teacher. Educated at Ashfield Primary School, Parramatta High School and Sydney Teachers' College. Schoolteacher at Rozelle from 1938 until 1950; at Liverpool, Cabramatta and Malvena High Schools between 1953 and 1972. Was Deputy Principal of Newtown Boys High between 1972 until 1975.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman of the Marrickville Municipal Council, 1944 - 1948
Personal
Son of John Adamson, solicitor and English migrant, and his wife Amelia Roden. Married Agnes Dorothy Hayes, schoolteacher, on 23 December 1939, and had issue 1 son and 2 daughters. Church of England.
