Glenn Brookes
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Glenn Edward Brookes MP, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
representing East Hills
for the Liberal Party of Australia
since 2011
.
on Bankstown City Council
and continues to hold this position. 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. 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 per cent increase in support from the 2003 election.
In 2011, Brookes again contested East Hills; Ashton was again his main competitor. 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 vote on a two-party preferred basis. East Hills is the second most marginal government seat
in New South Wales behind neighboring Oatley. 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.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
representing East Hills
Electoral district of East Hills
East Hills is a state electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is represented by Glenn Brookes of the Liberal Party of Australia.-Members for East Hills:-Election results:...
for the Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
since 2011
New South Wales state election, 2011
Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...
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Early years and background
Brookes was born at Bankstown Hospital and attended East Hills Primary and High Schools. Leaving school at a young age, he built a successful small business, Sydney Signs. He now manages several companies.Political career
In 2004, Brookes was elected to serve as a CouncillorAlderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...
on Bankstown City Council
City of Bankstown
The City of Bankstown is a city and Local Government Area in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, centred on the suburb of Bankstown....
and continues to hold this position. He first ran for East Hills in the 2003 NSW election
New South Wales state election, 2003
Elections to the 53rd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 22 March 2003. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...
, losing to incumbent Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member Alan Ashton who achieved 68.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote. 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 per cent increase in support from the 2003 election.
In 2011, Brookes again contested East Hills; Ashton was again his main competitor. 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 vote on a two-party preferred basis. East Hills is the second most marginal government seat
Post-election pendulum for the New South Wales state election, 2011
The Mackerras Pendulum for the 2011 New South Wales state election:-Pendulum:-Legislative Council:-Current balance:-References:...
in New South Wales behind neighboring Oatley. Since the seat of East Hills was created in 1953
New South Wales state election, 1953
The 1953 New South Wales state election was held on 14 February 1953. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution...
, up until the 2011 NSW election, it had been held continuously by Labor, represented by only three Members of Parliament.