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Thomas Henry Brooker (30 December 1850 – 11 July 1927) was a politician in colonial South Australia. ==History== T. H. Brooker was born in Kensington, England, and arrived at Port Adelaide with his parents, William Brooker (c. 1826 – 24 January 1909), bricklayer, and his wife Jane, née Gemmell, on the ''Caroline'' in April 1855, and spent the greater part of his life in the West Torrens district. His father was severely injured in a building collapse at Port Adelaide, and had to abandon his trade in 1875 for a position as Hindmarsh poundkeeper.〔Parsons, Ronald ''Hindmarsh Town'' Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh, South Australia ISBN 0 9598793 0 7〕 For 15 years he worked for Thomas Hardy at Bankside (now Torrensville and Underdale, learning a good deal about primary production. Subsequently he worked as a salesman and wood merchant at Ridleyton. In 1885 he was elected a Councillor for Brompton Ward in the Hindmarsh Corporation, and acted in that capacity for five years. In December 1891 he was elected without opposition as Mayor of Hindmarsh, succeeding Joseph Vardon, and served for one year. He was elected as an Independent Liberal to the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seats of West Torrens from April 1890 to March 1902 and Port Adelaide from May 1902 to May 1905,〔(Thomas Brooker: SA Parliament )〕 holding his seat during the regime of four Governments. In 1898 he was made Government Whip in succession to (later Sir) Richard Butler, and in 1901 followed Lee Batchelor as Minister of Education and Industry in the Jenkins ministry. He resigned his portfolio in 1902 when the size of Cabinet was reduced. He was a Vice President of the Homestead League, and a supporter of the Village Settlement scheme.〔 On retiring from politics Brooker, with Joseph Vardon and William Charlick, helped establish the Fruit and Produce Exchange, of which he became the secretary in 1903, and played a substantial part in the development of the East End Market. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Henry Brooker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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