Adam Adamson
Adam Adamson | |
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| 38th Mayor of Invercargill | |
| In office 1953–1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adam Laurence Adamson 10 March 1884 Pahia, Western Southland, New Zealand |
| Died | 21 July 1984 (aged 100) |
| Spouse |
Alice Floyd Harrington
(m. 1922) |
| Children | 2 |
Adam Laurence "Addie" Adamson OBE (10 March 1884 – 21 July 1984) was a businessman and accountant from Invercargill, New Zealand, and was the 38th Mayor of Invercargill from 1953 to 1962.
Early life
Born in Pahia in Western Southland, he was educated at Pahia School and Southland Boys' High School. He was born without a right hand. He worked on offices and ran general stores in Tuatapere and Orepuke with his brother Harry before becoming a partner in the firm of Featherston, Adamson and Francis, Accountants and Secretarial Services. He also had a small farm at Tuatapere.[1]
Political career
He was a city councillor from 1944 for nine years, then was mayor from 1953 to 1962. He was elected president of the New Zealand Municipal Association in 1960.[1]
In the 1956 New Year Honours, Adamson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his service as mayor.[2]
Personal life and death
He married Alice Harrington in 1922. He was a Presbyterian Church elder. He drove a car until he was 99, and spoke at a formal dinner two nights before he died.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Thomson, Jane, ed. (1998). Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Dunedin: Longacre Press. pp. 2–3. ISBN 1-877135-11-9.
- ^ "No. 40671". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1956. pp. 43–45.
- 1884 births
- 1984 deaths
- 20th-century New Zealand politicians
- New Zealand politicians with physical disabilities
- Invercargill City Councillors
- Mayors of Invercargill
- 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople
- New Zealand accountants
- New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Southland Boys' High School
- New Zealand centenarians