13 Facts About Ernest Aderman

Rev Ernest Philip Aderman was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Ernest Aderman was one of eight children born to German immigrant parents Emilie and Carl Friederich Adermann.

Ernest Aderman received his education at Lapwood Primary, and at Church of Christ Theological College, from where he obtained a diploma in theology.

Ernest Aderman attended the University of Queensland between 1920 and 1925, and graduated with a BA.

Ernest Aderman married Phyllis May Lowther at the Ann Street Church of Christ, Brisbane, on 8 March 1927.

Ernest Aderman was President of the Churches of Christ in 1936.

Ernest Aderman contested the 1938 election in the Dunedin South electorate and was unsuccessful against the incumbent, Fred Jones.

Ernest Aderman was to stand in Dunedin Central in the cancelled 1941 general election.

Ernest Aderman won the New Plymouth seat in an upset victory in 1943 over Rev Fred Frost, who was a Christian minister.

Ernest Aderman represented the New Plymouth electorate from 1943 until he retired in 1966.

In 1953, Ernest Aderman was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.

Ernest Aderman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public and political services, in the 1967 New Year Honours.

Ernest Aderman died on 27 February 1968, and his ashes were buried at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.