Albert Evan Adermann AO (10 March 1927 – 3 November 2001) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the National (Country) Party and succeeded his father Sir Charles Adermann in federal parliament. He held ministerial office in the Fraser government as Minister for the Northern Territory (1975–1978) and

Minister for Veterans' Affairs The Minister for Veterans' Affairs is an Australian Government position. In the Government of Australia, the minister oversees income support, compensation, care and commemoration programs for more than 400,000 veterans and their widows, widowe ...

(1978–1980).

Early life

Adermann was born in

Kingaroy, Queensland Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As a ...

, son of

Charles Adermann Sir Charles Frederick Adermann, (3 August 1896 – 9 May 1979) was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1943 to 1972, representing the Country Party. He was the party's deputy leader from 1964 to 1966 and se ...

, and was educated at

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. He did not complete a medical degree at the

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and instead became a dairy farmer in

Kingaroy Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, north-west of the state capital Brisbane and south west of Gympie. As ...

. He then completed a

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by external study at University of Queensland and worked as a public accountant. He married Joan Hovard in 1951 and they had three sons and two daughters. He was a councillor of Kingaroy Shire from 1958 to 1967.

Political career

Adermann was elected as the member for Fisher following the retirement of his father at the 1972 election and represented the Country Party (National Country Party from 1975). He was appointed Minister for the Northern Territory following the Fraser government's win at the 1975 election and held it until its abolition in September 1978. He put in place the arrangements for

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self-government and was responsible for the establishment of Uluru National Park and continuing the reconstruction of

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after

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. In July 1978, he was appointed

and held it until November 1980. He was responsible for establishing an inquiry into the effects of

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on Australian servicemen who had fought in the

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and the

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. Following a redistribution which transferred his home to the new

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, Adermann ran for this seat and won it at the 1984 election. He continued to represent Fairfax until his retirement from parliament at the 1990 election.

Later life

Adermann became president of the Queensland

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and was made an Officer of the

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in 1990 for "services to the Australian parliament, to the community, particularly through the Churches of Christ in Queensland, and to local government". He died in 2001 and was survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adermann, Evan National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Fisher Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Fairfax Members of the Australian House of Representatives Officers of the Order of Australia 1927 births 2001 deaths Australian members of the Churches of Christ People from Kingaroy 20th-century Australian politicians Government ministers of Australia Australian people of German descent