# Adam Jameson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Jameson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Jameson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Jameson > Source revision: 1343712437 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish-born physician and government minister of physics}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) | name = Dr Adam Jameson | honorific_suffix = | image = Adam Jameson.png | image_size = | office = Member of the [Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council)
of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) | constituency = [Metropolitan-Suburban Province](/source/Metropolitan-Suburban_Province) | term_start = 29 August 1900 | term_end = 23 January 1905 | predecessor = None {{Small|(new creation)}} | successor = [Walter Kingsmill](/source/Walter_Kingsmill) | office2 = Member of the Legislative Council
of the [Transvaal](/source/Transvaal_Colony) | constituency2 = None {{Small|(nominated by governor)}} | term_start2 = January 1903 | term_end2 = February 1907 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|5|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Pathhead](/source/Pathhead), [Fife](/source/Fife), Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1907|3|12|1860|5|5|df=yes}} | death_place = [Alkmaar](/source/Alkmaar%2C_Mpumalanga), [Transvaal](/source/Transvaal_Colony), South Africa | alma_mater = [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) | caption = Jameson in 1888 }} '''Adam Jameson''' (5 May 1860 – 12 March 1907) was a Scottish-born [physician](/source/physician) who was a member of parliament and government minister in both the Australian state of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) and the [Transvaal Colony](/source/Transvaal_Colony) (in present-day South Africa). ==Early life== Jameson was born in [Pathhead](/source/Pathhead), [Fife](/source/Fife), Scotland, where his father, Charles Adam Jameson, was a [Church of Scotland](/source/Church_of_Scotland) minister. He attended Craigmount School, Edinburgh, before going on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating M.B., C.M. in 1883. After a brief period at Chalmers Hospital, Banff, Jameson left for Western Australia, arriving in 1884. In 1889, he married Ethel Mary Hensman, the daughter of Alfred Hensman (a former Attorney-General of Western Australia).[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/DC06227A9FAE68CD482577E50028A5F2?OpenDocument Adam Jameson] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2016. Jameson left for Europe in 1893, on a health trip, and lived in [Rome](/source/Rome) until his wife's death in 1897. That same year he received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh,{{Cite journal|last=Jameson|first=Adam|date=1897|title=Malarial fevers in relation to their parasites|hdl=1842/28297 |url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/28297|language=en}} and then returned to Australia. ==Australian politics== Jameson first attempted to enter politics at the [1890 general election](/source/1890_Western_Australian_colonial_election), the first to be held for the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly). He was defeated by [William Silas Pearse](/source/William_Silas_Pearse) in the [seat of North Fremantle](/source/Electoral_district_of_North_Fremantle).{{cite book|last1=Black|first1=David|authorlink=David Black (historian)|last2=Prescott|first2=Valerie|title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth, [W.A.]|isbn=0730984095}} In 1899, Jameson was appointed chairman of a [royal commission](/source/royal_commission) into the prisons system in Western Australia. He was elected to parliament at the 1900 Legislative Council elections, as one of three members for the newly created [Metropolitan-Suburban Province](/source/Metropolitan-Suburban_Province). In [George Leake](/source/George_Leake)'s first government, which lasted from June to November 1901, Jameson served as a [minister without portfolio](/source/minister_without_portfolio). When Leake returned as [premier](/source/Premier_of_Western_Australia) in December 1901, he was made [Minister for Lands](/source/Minister_for_Lands_(Western_Australia)). He remained in the position under [Walter James](/source/Walter_James_(Australian_politician)) (who became premier in July 1902 following Leake's death in office), but resigned from both parliament and the ministry in January 1903 in order to go to South Africa. ==South African politics== The [Governor of Western Australia](/source/Governor_of_Western_Australia) from 1901 to 1902 was Sir [Arthur Lawley](/source/Arthur_Lawley), who left office when he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Transvaal. In late 1902, Lawley offered Jameson the position of Commissioner of Lands in his government, which would also make him an ''[ex officio](/source/ex_officio)'' member of the Transvaal Legislative Council.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81323072 "DR. JAMESON'S RETIREMENT."], ''[The Daily News](/source/Daily_News_(Perth%2C_Western_Australia))'' (Perth, Western Australia), 15 December 1902. Jameson accepted the position, which he took up the following year. Outside of his friendship with Lawley, he also had another connection with South Africa – his second cousin, [Leander Starr Jameson](/source/Leander_Starr_Jameson), was a Prime Minister of the [Cape Colony](/source/Cape_Colony).[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90397201 "SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAY DISASTER."], ''The Daily News'', 15 March 1907. Jameson served in the ministry until early 1907, when [responsible government](/source/responsible_government) was implemented, and received a substantial pension after his retirement.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/82432286 "MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE"], ''The Daily News'', 11 January 1907. ==Death== After leaving South Africa, Jameson intended to take a brief trip to London, and then to retire to [Cairo](/source/Cairo). He left [Pretoria](/source/Pretoria) in March 1907, taking an overnight train to [Lourenço Marques](/source/Maputo), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique). However, recent heavy rainfall had washed away a [culvert](/source/culvert) on the line near [Alkmaar](/source/Alkmaar), and caused the train to derail. Jameson and eleven others were killed in the accident. He was survived by his three daughters, living in London, and a sister, who was married to [John Foulkes](/source/John_Foulkes) (an MP in Western Australia).[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25701383 "THE LATE DR. ADAM JAMESON"], ''[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian)'', 20 April 1907. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jameson, Adam}} Category:1860 births Category:1907 deaths Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Category:People from Kirkcaldy Category:Railway accident deaths in South Africa Category:Settlers of Western Australia Category:Scottish emigrants to Australia Category:Scottish emigrants to South Africa Category:19th-century Scottish medical doctors Category:Transvaal people Category:People educated at Craigmount School --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adam Jameson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Jameson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Jameson?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.