William Addison Adamson (27 May 1858 – 10 June 1924) was an Australian politician. Adamson was born in

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to seedsman William Adamson and Isabella Bruce. He attended Brighton Grammar School and became a

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. On 9 June 1880 he married Lucy Jackson, with whom he had five children. From 1889 he worked as a stock and station agent, and he served on Brighton City Council from 1897 to 1913, with a term as mayor from 1901 to 1902. In 1910, he was elected to the

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for

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. A Liberal, he was a minister without portfolio from 1913 to 1915 and Minister of Public Works from 1915 to 1917. Adamson retired from politics in 1922, and died in Brighton in 1924.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamson, William 1858 births 1924 deaths People educated at Brighton Grammar School Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Politicians from Melbourne Colony of Victoria people