Rachel Brooking
Rachel Brooking MP | |
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Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 17 October 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 October 1975 |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Dr Chris Jackson |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
Profession | Lawyer |
Rachel Jane Brooking[1] (born 18 October 1975)[2] is a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. She first became an MP at the 2020 New Zealand general election.[3] She is a lawyer by profession.
Biography[]
Brooking has a double degree in ecology and law from the University of Otago.[4]
Prior to entering Parliament, Brooking worked as a lawyer.[5] She specialised in environmental, resource management and local government law, and worked for a period for the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in Wellington.[4] Brooking had also been appointed by Cabinet to a group to review the Resource Management Act 1991.[2][6] She is the Chair of the Otago/Southland branch of the Resource Management Law Association.[3]
Brooking became a student activist in 1994, her first year at university, protesting against education minister Lockwood Smith due to excessively high student fees. Later she was voted president of the Otago University Students' Association in 1997.[4] In 2010, Brooking was appointed to the board of University Book Shop (Otago) Ltd, and in 2019 to the board of Dunedin International Airport.[3]
Political career[]
Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party | |
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2020–present | 53rd | List | 46 | Labour |
At the 2020 election Brooking stood for Parliament for the Labour Party. She hoped to be Labour's candidate for the Dunedin South electorate, later renamed Taieri, but Labour selected Ingrid Leary instead.[7] Brooking was ranked 46th on the party list,[8] which was a high enough ranking to enter Parliament.[9] The day after the election was also her birthday.[2]
Personal life[]
Brooking is married to Dr Chris Jackson, a cancer specialist/oncologist who was the medical director for the Cancer Society of New Zealand. They have three children. Her father was a history lecturer at the University of Otago.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ "Event - New Zealand Parliament". www.parliament.nz.
- ^ a b c d Law, Tina (18 October 2020). "Double celebration for new Labour list MP". Stuff. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Election 2020: The 40 diverse new MPs entering Parliament". Newstalk ZB. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via The New Zealand Herald.
- ^ a b c Houlahan, Mike (19 October 2020). "From student activist to Labour list MP". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ McNeilly, Hamish (20 February 2020). "Simon Bridges confident National can breach Labour's southern stronghold". Stuff. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Dolor, Sol (18 September 2019). "Senior Anderson Lloyd lawyers join environment advisory panels". www.thelawyermag.com. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Houlahan, Mike (2 March 2020). "Labour picks Dunedin South seat candidate". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Labour announces list for 2020 Election". Labour. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "2020 General Election and Referendums - Official Result Successful Candidates". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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