Preceded by Frank Baker Nationality Australian Resigned December 10, 1949 Succeeded by Evan Adermann Spouse Mildred Turner | Preceded by New seat Role Australian Politician Succeeded by Charles Russell Name Charles Adermann Children Evan Adermann | |
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Born 3 August 1896
Lowood, Queensland ( 1896-08-03 ) Political party Australian Country Party Died May 9, 1979, Dalby, Australia Party National Party of Australia | ||
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.
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.
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.