Adam Adamson

Adam Adamson
OBE
38th Mayor of Invercargill
In office
1953–1962
Personal details
Born Adam Laurence Adamson
(1884-03-10)10 March 1884
Pahia, Western Southland, New Zealand
Died 21 July 1984(1984-07-21) (aged 100)
Spouse(s)
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

  1. 1 2 3 Thomson, Jane, ed. (1998). Southern People: a dictionary of Otago Southland biography. Dunedin: Longacre Press. pp. 2–3. ISBN 1-877135-11-9.
  2. ↑ "No. 40671". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1956. pp. 43–45.
Political offices
Preceded by
Brian Hewat		 Mayor of Invercargill
1942–1950		 Succeeded by
Neil Watson
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