William Adamson (Australian politician)

William Addison Adamson (27 May 1858 10 June 1924) was an Australian politician.

He was born in South Yarra to seedsman William Adamson and Isabella Bruce. He attended Brighton Grammar School and became a grain merchant. On 9 June 1880 he married Lucy Jackson, with whom he had five children. From 1889 he worked as a stock and station agent, and he served on Brighton City Council from 1897 to 1913, with a term as mayor from 1901 to 1902. In 1910 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for South Eastern Province. A Liberal, he was a minister without portfolio from 1913 to 1915 and Minister of Public Works from 1915 to 1917. Adamson retired from politics in 1922, and died in Brighton in 1924.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Adamson, William Addison". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by
James Campbell
Member for South Eastern
19101922
Served alongside: Duncan McBryde; Alfred Chandler
Succeeded by
William Tyner
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