John Mokoenga Tikaka Henry (born c. 1959) is a

Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...

politician and member of the

Cook Islands Parliament The Parliament of the Cook Islands () is the legislature of the Cook Islands. Originally established under New Zealand administration, it became the national legislature upon independence in 1965. The Parliament consists of 24 members dir ...

. He is a member of the

Cook Islands Party The Cook Islands Party is a nationalist political party in the Cook Islands. It was the first political party founded in the Cook Islands, and one of the two major parties of the islands' politics since 1965. From 1999 until 2005 it sometimes ...

. Henry is a nephew of former

Prime Minister of the Cook Islands The prime minister of the Cook Islands is the head of government of the Cook Islands, a self-governing territory in Associated state, free association with New Zealand. The office was established in 1965, when H ...

Sir

Geoffrey Henry Sir Geoffrey Arama Henry (16 November 1940 – 9 May 2012) was a Cook Island politician who was twice the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He was leader of the Cook Islands Party (CIP) from 1979 to 2006. Early life Henry was a native of ...

. He has previously worked as a civil servant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was elected at the 2010 election as MP for

Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston or RAPPA is a Cook Islands electoral division returning one member to the Parliament of the Cook Islands, Cook Islands Parliament. The electorate was created in 1981, when the ''Constitution Amendment (No. 9) Act 1 ...

. In February 2011 he was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. In May 2011 he was made associate minister of finance and internal affairs. Henry lost his seat at the 2014 election, losing to

Albert Nicholas Albert Nicholas (May 27, 1900 – September 3, 1973) was an American jazz clarinet player, who was mostly based in Europe after 1953. Career Nicholas's primary instrument was the clarinet, which he studied with Lorenzo Tio in his hometown ...

. When Nicholas was forced to resign from Parliament after being expelled from the Democratic Party, Henry contested the

2017 Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston by-election A by-election was held in the Cook Islands constituency of Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston on 17 May 2017. The by-election was precipitated by the resignation of Albert Nicholas (Cook Islands), Albert Nicholas. It was won by Albert Nicholas. Backg ...

as an independent but was unsuccessful.

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