1. Sir Charles Frederick Adermann, was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1943 to 1972, representing the Country Party.
18 Facts About Charles Adermann
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Charles Adermann was the party's deputy leader from 1964 to 1966 and served as Minister for Primary Industry from 1958 to 1967.
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Charles Adermann was the eighth child of German immigrant parents Emilie and Carl Friederich Adermann.
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Charles Adermann grew up in Wooroolin where his parents established the first local branch of the Churches of Christ.
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Charles Adermann attended state schools until the age of 13, and later studied farm management by correspondence.
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Charles Adermann became a leader of the South Burnett farming community.
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Charles Adermann served as chairman of the Peanut Board from 1925 to 1931 and 1934 to 1952, overseeing the establishment of a compulsory collective marketing system which processed, stored, and sold crops on behalf of peanut growers.
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Charles Adermann married Mildred Turner in 1926, with whom he had two sons and two daughters.
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Charles Adermann was elected as a Country Party member for Maranoa at the 1943 election, defeating one-term Labor incumbent Frank Baker.
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Charles Adermann was one of the few bright spots in a disastrous election for the Coalition, which took only 19 seats.
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Charles Adermann was the only Coalition challenger to oust a Labor incumbent, and was one of only seven Country MPs elected nationwide.
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Charles Adermann served as chairman of committees from 1950 to 1958.
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Charles Adermann was appointed Minister for Primary Industry in the Menzies ministry in December 1958 and was admitted to Cabinet in February 1960.
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Charles Adermann was responsible for granting additional assistance to rural producers.
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Charles Adermann retired from parliament at the 1972 election and handed his seat to his son, Evan.
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Charles Adermann was appointed a privy counsellor in 1966 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971.
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Charles Adermann died in Dalby, survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
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Sir Charles' grandson Greg Adermann was elected LNP Councillor for Pullenvale Ward of the Brisbane City Council in 2020.