Nicholas Brokam | |
Office1: | Under-Secretary for Economic Affairs |
Term1: | 1964 |
Office2: | Under-Secretary for Information and Extension Services |
Term2: | 1964–1968 |
Office3: | Member of the House of Assembly |
Term3: | 1964–1968 |
Office4: | Member of the Legislative Council |
Term4: | 1961–1964 |
Constituency4: | New Guinea Islands (Indigenous) |
Birth Place: | Lokon, Territory of New Guinea |
Nicholas Brokam (born) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly between 1961 and 1968, also serving as Under-Secretary for Economic Affairs and Information and Extension Services.
Brokam was born in the village of Lokon in New Ireland. He attended Catholic mission schools and became a missionary teacher.[1] He later worked as a storeman for a co-operative, before becoming a farmer.[1]
He was a mission school teacher and co-operative storeman before becoming a farmer by the early 1960s.[2]
Brokam was elected to the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea from the New Guinea Islands constituency in the 1961 elections.[3] His election was viewed a surprise as he was not thought to be well-known, though he was said to have campaigned effectively at the Electoral Conference and had strong support from the local Catholic priest.[4] [5]
In the 1964 elections for the new House of Assembly, he was re-elected in the New Ireland constituency. Following the elections he was appointed Under-Secretary for Economic Affairs and Information. In December 1964 he was moved to become Under-Secretary for Information and Extension Services after the previous incumbent John Guise was elected Leader of Elected Members.[6]
Brokam joined the Pangu Party at its establishment in 1967.[7] He did not contest the 1968 elections.