Charles Adermann

The Right Honourable Sir Charles Adermann KBE
Member of the Australian Parliament for Maranoa
In office 21 August 1943 – 10 December 1949
Preceded by	Frank Baker
Succeeded by	Charles Russell
Member of the Australian Parliament for Fisher
In office 10 December 1949 – 2 November 1972
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Evan Adermann
Personal details
Born	3 August 1896 Lowood, Queensland
Died	9 May 1979 (aged 82) Dalby, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Country Party
Spouse(s)	Mildred Turner
Children	Evan Adermann
Occupation	Farmer

Sir Charles Frederick Adermann KBE (3 August 1896 – 9 May 1979) was an Australian federal politician and government minister.

Adermann was born at Vernor Siding, near Lowood, Queensland, the son of German immigrants and educated at Lowood and Wooroolin State schools until he was 13. He joined with other peanut growers in the Kingaroy area to press for the establishment of a Peanut Marketing Board and was its chairman from 1925 to 1931 and 1934 to 1952. In 1926 he married Mildred Turner. He was chairman of the Kingaroy Shire from 1939 to 1946.^[1]

Political career

Adermann was elected as a Country Party member for Maranoa at the 1943 election, defeating one-term Labor incumbent Frank Baker. He was one of the few bright spots in a disastrous election for the Coalition, which took only 19 seats. Adermann was the only Coalition challenger to oust a Labor incumbent, and was one of only seven Country MPs elected nationwide. However, Maranoa had historically been a safely conservative seat, and he was reelected with a handsome majority in 1946.

A redistribution carved the new seat of Fisher out of some of the eastern portion of Maranoa, and Adermann transferred there for the 1949 election. He was appointed Minister for Primary Industry in the Menzies ministry in December 1958 and was admitted to Cabinet in February 1960. He was responsible for granting additional assistance to rural producers. In 1964 he became Deputy Leader of the Country Party, a position he held until 1966. He was dropped from the ministry in 1967. He retired from parliament at the 1972 election and handed his seat to his son, Evan.^[1]

Adermann was appointed a privy counsellor in 1966 and a knight of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. He died in Dalby, survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.^[1]

See also

• Politics of Australia

References

1. Cribb, Margaret Bridson (1993). "Adermann, Sir Charles Frederick (1896–1979)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 15 January 2008.