Alan Joseph Adamson (August 1, 1857 – April 4, 1928) was a
Canadian
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politician.
Born in
Clifden
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,
County Galway
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,
Ireland
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, the son of John Evans Adamson and Harietta Bell, he was educated in
Dublin
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and came to western Canada in 1873.
He married Julia Turriff, who was the sister of
John Gillanders Turriff, in 1882. In 1883, Adamson moved to
Winnipeg
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and became involved in the grain trade. In 1899, he went to
Rosthern, Saskatchewan
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History
Mennonite settlers, led by Gerhard Ens, began arriving in ...
, where he established the Canadian Territories Corporation, which became one of the largest land agencies in western Canada and also operated as a private bank; Adamson served as its president and manager. He was also a director of the Northern Bank and of the Saskatchewan Valley and Manitoba Land Company
and president of the Western Trust Company.
Adamson was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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as the
Liberal
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candidate for the riding of
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in the
1904 federal election. He did not stand for re-election in the
1908 election.
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His son
John Evans Adamson was Chief Justice of Manitoba.
References
1857 births
1928 deaths
Irish emigrants to Canada
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from the Northwest Territories
Politicians from County Galway
People from Rosthern, Saskatchewan
People from Clifden
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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