Charles Adermann
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The Right Honourable Sir Charles Adermann KBE |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Maranoa |
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In office 21 August 1943 – 10 December 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Baker |
| Succeeded by | Charles Russell |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Fisher |
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In office 10 December 1949 – 2 November 1972 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Evan Adermann |
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3 August 1896 Lowood, Queensland |
| Died | 9 May 1979 (aged 82) Dalby, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Country Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Turner |
| Children | Evan Adermann |
| Occupation | Farmer |
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.
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.
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