John Clark Adamson was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 for a single term from 1950 until 1953 . He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

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Adamson was born in North Sydney, New South Wales

North Sydney, New South Wales

North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney...

. He was the son of a solicitor and was educated at Parramatta High School and Sydney Teachers College

Sydney Teachers College

The Sydney Teachers College was a tertiary education institution that trained school teachers in Sydney, Australia. It existed from 1906 until 1981, when it became a part of the Sydney Institute of Education which in turn joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney in...

. He worked as a school teacher in Rozelle, New South Wales

Rozelle, New South Wales

Rozelle is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 4 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....

 between 1938 and 1950 and was an alderman on Marrickville Municipal Council between 1944 and 1948. Adamson was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Liberal member for Concord

Electoral district of Concord

Concord was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1930, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Concord. It was abolished in 1968.-Members for Concord:-References:...

 at the January 1950 by-election caused by the death of the sitting member Brice Mutton

Brice Mutton

Brice Mutton was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assemblyfor 9 months in 1949. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.-Early life:...

.He retained the seat at the state election held that year

New South Wales state election, 1950

The 1950 New South Wales State state election was held on 17 June 1950. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1949 redistribution...

  but was defeated at the 1953

New South Wales state election, 1953

The 1953 New South Wales state election was held on 14 February 1953. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution...

 state election. He did not hold ministerial or party office. Adamson returned to teaching and was the deputy principal of Newtown Boys' High School

Newtown High School of the Performing Arts

Newtown High School of the Performing Arts is a state government school located in the suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the leading Performing and Visual Arts schools in Australia...

between 1972 and 1975.