Ernest Aderman

Rev. Ernest Philip Aderman OBE (né Adermann; 22 May 1894 – 27 February 1968) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Ernest Aderman OBE
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for New Plymouth
In office 25 September 1943 – 26 November 1966
Preceded by	Fred Frost
Succeeded by	Ron Barclay
Personal details
Born	Ernest Philip Adermann[1] 22 May 1894 Queensland, Australia
Died	27 February 1968 (aged 73)
Political party	National
Spouse(s)	Phyllis May Lowther ​ (m. 1927)​
Relations	Charles Adermann (brother) Evan Adermann (nephew)

Biography

Early life and family

Aderman was born in Queensland, Australia, in 1894. He was one of eight children born to German immigrant parents Emilie (née Litzow) and Carl Friederich Adermann. His younger brother Charles Adermann entered politics in Australia.[1] He received his education at Lapwood Primary (Queensland), and at Church of Christ Theological College (Melbourne), from where he obtained a diploma in theology. He attended the University of Queensland (Brisbane) between 1920 and 1925, and graduated with a BA. During his student years, he helped out on his parents' farm, and later served the church in Auburn, Sydney.[2]

He married Phyllis May Lowther at the Ann Street Church of Christ, Brisbane, on 8 March 1927.[3] The couple arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, on 13 March 1928 by the Marama.[4]

Life in New Zealand

Aderman lectured at the Church of Christ Theological College in Glenleith, Dunedin, and ministered in South Dunedin. From 1930, he served the church at Dominion Road, Auckland. He was President of the Churches of Christ in 1936. During World War II, he was a chaplain to the 2nd Taranaki Regiment.[2]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1943–1946	27th	New Plymouth		National
1946–1949	28th	New Plymouth		National
1949–1951	29th	New Plymouth		National
1951–1954	30th	New Plymouth		National
1954–1957	31st	New Plymouth		National
1957–1960	32nd	New Plymouth		National
1960–1963	33rd	New Plymouth		National
1963–1966	34th	New Plymouth		National

Aderman contested the 1938 election in the Dunedin South electorate and was unsuccessful against the incumbent, Fred Jones.[5] He was to stand in Dunedin Central in the cancelled 1941 general election.

He won the New Plymouth seat in an upset victory in 1943 over Rev. Fred Frost, who was also a Christian minister.[6][2] He represented the New Plymouth electorate from 1943 until he retired in 1966.[7] Despite his initial win in 1943 being considered a shock result he went on to become New Plymouth's longest ever serving MP.[2]

In 1957, he was Senior Whip, and from 1958 to 1960, he was Junior Whip under Geoff Gerard.[8] In 1961 he was one of ten National MPs to vote with the Opposition and remove capital punishment for murder from the Crimes Bill that the Second National Government had introduced.

Later life and death

Aderman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for public and political services, in the 1967 New Year Honours.[9]

Aderman died on 27 February 1968, and his ashes were buried at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.[10]

Notes

1. Bridson Cribb, Margaret (1993). "Adermann, Sir Charles Frederick (1896–1979)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 13. Melbourne University Press.
2. Gustafson 1986, p. 296.
3. "Wedding: Aderman–Lowther". The Telegraph. 10 March 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
4. "Marama from Sydney". Evening Post. 13 March 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
5. "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
6. Wilson 1985, p. 198.
7. Wilson 1985, p. 179.
8. Wilson 1985, p. 280.
9. "No. 44212". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 1 January 1967. p. 44.
10. "Cemetery search". New Plymouth District Council. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

References

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
• [New Zealand National Party ephemera, 1935-1945, including election propaganda and pamphlets, etc.], n.p.: New Zealand National Party, 1935–1945
• This collection [housed at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington] contains a pamphlet authored by Aderman.