 Adams would contest and win the 1915 Calgary municipal election for Aldermen on Calgary City Council, and would go to serve five consecutive terms from January 3, 1916 until his resignation on December 31, 1920.As Alderman, Adams would have a significant role in the development of the Centre Street Bridge, which would replace the MacArthur Bridge which was destroyed in the 1915 Calgary flood.Adams would witness the bridge wash away during the flood with Calgary Commissioner for Public Works Jim Garden, who would be standing on the bridge as it washed away.