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About Ian Brooks
- Ian James Brooks (born 21 April 1928) is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Brooks was born in Blenheim on 21 April 1928, the son of Ernest Brooks.
- He received his education at Marlborough College, which has since evolved to Marlborough Boys' College.
- He worked in the grocery trade for eight years and was then a senior clerk at the New Zealand Post Office for twenty years.
- He was a part-time farmer, and his 1940s Allis-Chalmers model C tractor is on display at Marlborough Museum.In 1954, he married Lowis Rita Terrill, the daughter of Leonard Terrill.
- They had two sons and two daughters.Brooks unsuccessfully contested the Marlborough electorate in the 1969 election, but he was beaten by the incumbent, Tom Shand of the National Party.
- After Shand's death only days after the general election, Brooks had a decisive win against Shand's son in the resulting by-election in February 1970 turning a 2500 vote loss from three months earlier into and 1100 vote winning margin.
- The Police once urged him to cancel an electorate meeting in Hanmer Springs as they had received a death threat against him over his opposition to the Vietnam War.
- He held the Marlborough electorate until he was defeated in 1975 by National's Edward Latter for what was usually a safe National seat.
- He stood once more in the 1978 election but was narrowly defeated by National's Doug Kidd. In his spare time, Brooks enjoys growing bulbs.
- His parents were in The Salvation Army and Brooks joined them as a child, and remains an active member in Blenheim.
- He plays a bass saxhorn in The Salvation Army band.
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