Mr John Clark ADAMSON (1910 - 1984)

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

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	11 Feb 1950	14 Jan 1953	2yr(s) 11mth(s) 4day(s)		Liberal Party
Member for Concord	11 Feb 1950	22 May 1950	3mth(s) 12day(s)	35th (1947 - 1950)	By-election - elected for balance of term of Brice Mutton.
Member for Concord	17 Jun 1950	14 Jan 1953	2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s)	36th (1950 - 1953)

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.

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.

Additional Information

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