David Norman Brookman (24 March 1917 – 22 May 2000) was a politician in the State of South Australia.

History

David Brookman was born in

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the son of

Norman Brookman Harry Norman Brookman (22 January 1884 – 26 April 1949) was a farmer and politician in South Australia. History Norman was born at Medindie, South Australia, the second son of Eliza Martha (née Marshall; 1859–1931) and George Donald Brookm ...

(1884–1949), and his wife Ada Mary Dorothy "Nan" Brookman, née Burden, (1889–). His father Norman, who died in a car crash, was a son of Sir

George Brookman Sir George Brookman KBE (15 April 1850 – 20 June 1927) was a South Australian businessman who made a fortune from a gold discovery in Western Australia, and is remembered as a generous benefactor of the South Australian School of Mines and Ind ...

(1840–1927). David was educated at St Peter's College and

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where he gained his Diploma of Agriculture in 1938, and took over his father's farm at Meadows. He served in World War II as an artillery officer in the Middle East and

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2/7 Australian Field Regiment 9th Div. He was elected to the seat of Electoral district of Alexandra in the

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for the

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in 1948, filling the seat made vacant by the death of Sir

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, and held that seat until 1973. He served as Minister for Agriculture 1958–1965, and Minister for Lands 1968–1970.

Other interests

He was a member of the Adelaide Club and the Royal Adelaide Golf Club.Barnier, Cheryl (ed.) ''Notable Australians'' 1978; Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd. Australia

Family

He married Alison Harvey on 1 October 1946 and lived at Meadows, later Dutton Terrace,

Medindie Medindie (formerly also known as Medindee or Medindi) is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide the capital of South Australia. It is located adjacent to the Adelaide Park Lands, just north of North Adelaide, and is bounded by Robe Terrace to the ...

. They had two children: *Henry (26 November 1948 – ) *Katherine (22 March 1953 – )

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brookman, David Norman Australian farmers Members of the South Australian Legislative Council 1917 births 2000 deaths Liberal and Country League politicians Adelaide Club 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army officers