Glenn Brookes | |
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Member of the New South Wales Parliament for East Hills | |
In office 26 March 2011 –23 March 2019 | |
Preceded by | Alan Ashton |
Succeeded by | Wendy Lindsay |
Majority | 0.6 points |
Personal details | |
Born | Bankstown,New South Wales | 13 August 1959
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal Party (2011–16,2017–present) Independent (2016–17) |
Residence | Bankstown,New South Wales |
Occupation | Politician |
Glenn Edward Brookes (born 13 August 1959) is an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing East Hills from 2011 to 2019. [1] A member of the Liberal Party,he resigned to become an independent in 2016 after questions were raised about his 2015 campaign,but rejoined the party in 2017. [2]
Brookes was born at Bankstown Hospital and attended East Hills Primary and High Schools. Leaving school at a young age,he built a successful large business,Sydney Signs,in a monopoly market. He now manages several companies. [3]
In 2004,Brookes was elected to serve as a councillor on Bankstown City Council and continues to hold this position. [4] He first ran for East Hills in the 2003 NSW election,losing to incumbent Labor member Alan Ashton who achieved 68.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote. [5] He ran again for East Hills at the 2007 NSW election,losing again to Ashton,on a two-party preferred margin of 64.1 per cent for Labor. Brookes was the recipient of a 3.8-point increase in support from the 2003 election. [6]
In 2011,Brookes again contested East Hills;Ashton was again his main competitor. With the election strategies implemented by his Campaign Manager,Geoffrey Grasso,Brookes defeated Ashton,with a swing of 14.3 per cent,winning the seat from Labor for the first time in history,and holding the seat with 50.6 per cent of the two-party vote. [6] Since the seat of East Hills was created in 1953,up until the 2011 NSW election,it had been held continuously by Labor,represented by only three members of parliament. [6] On 21 March 2016,Brookes resigned from the Liberal Party to sit as an independent after his election campaign manager,Jim Daniels,was charged with electoral offences. [7] He later rejoined the party.
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