Michael Adams (Canadian politician)

Michael Adams QC (August 13, 1845 – January 2, 1899) was a Canadian politician.

The Honourable Michael Adams QC
Senator for Northumberland, New Brunswick
In office January 7, 1896 – January 2, 1899
Appointed by	Mackenzie Bowell
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Northumberland
In office 1891–1896
Preceded by	Peter Mitchell
Succeeded by	James Robinson
MLA for Northumberland
In office 1870–1874
In office 1878–1887
Personal details
Born	(1845-08-13)August 13, 1845 Douglastown, Parish of Newcastle, New Brunswick
Died	January 2, 1899(1899-01-02) (aged 53) Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Provincial Surveyor General (1878–1883)

Born in Douglastown, Parish of Newcastle, New Brunswick, of Irish descent, Adams was educated in Douglastown. He was married twice: first, in 1869, to Miss Catherine L. Patterson, and second, on November 29, 1882, to Miss Nealis. He was called to the Bar of New Brunswick on October 14, 1868, and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in February 1891.

Adams held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874, and also from 1878 to 1887. A member of the Executive Council, he was Surveyor-General from July 13, 1878, to February 26, 1883. He resigned in 1887 to run for the House of Commons of Canada, but was defeated in the 1887 federal election. He was first elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Northumberland, at the general election held in 1891, and continued to sit until January 1896, when he was called to the Senate of Canada, representing the senatorial division of Northumberland, New Brunswick.

A Conservative, he died at home in 1899 while still in office.^[1][2]

Adams was involved in several businesses, including the Adams Mining Company of Leadville, Colorado, which included his brothers John J. Adams (1848-1919), a member of the United States House of Representatives, and Samuel Adams (1846-1928), a member of the Colorado State Senate.