Janet Laurel Adamson | |
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Member of Parliament for Bexley | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 21 July 1946 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Ashley Bramall |
Member of Parliament for Dartford | |
In office 7 November 1938 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Frank Edward Clarke |
Succeeded by | Norman Dodds |
Chair of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party | |
In office 1935–1936 | |
Preceded by | William Albert Robinson |
Succeeded by | Hugh Dalton |
Member of London County Council for Lambeth North | |
In office 8 March 1928 – 5 March 1931 | |
Preceded by | Richard Charles Powell |
Succeeded by | Ida Samuel |
Personal details | |
Born | Janet Laurel Johnston 9 May 1882 Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Died | 25 April 1962 | (aged 79)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | William Murdoch Adamson (died 1945) |
Janet Laurel Adamson (née Johnston;[1] 9 May 1882 – 25 April 1962) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1938 to 1946, and as a junior minister in Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government.