page_title: Charles Adermann
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Adermann / Political career
caption_attribution_description: English: A 1956 black and white portrait of Charles Adermann, MHR for Maranoa
context_page_description: Sir Charles Frederick Adermann, KBE 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 served as Minister for Primary Industry from 1958 to 1967. He was a peanut farmer before entering politics.
context_section_description: 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 served as chairman of committees from 1950 to 1958. 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.
  Adermann was appointed a privy counsellor in 1966 and a knight of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. He died in Dalby, survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
caption: Adermann in 1956.
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