Nicholas Brokam
Nicholas Brokam 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.Biography
Brokam was born in the village of Lokon in New Ireland. He attended Catholic mission schools and became a missionary teacher. He later worked as a storeman for a co-operative, before becoming a farmer.
Brokam was elected to the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea from the New Guinea Islands constituency in the 1961 elections. He was a mission school teacher and co-operative storeman before becoming a farmer by the early 1960s.
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.
Brokam joined the Pangu Party at its establishment in 1967. He did not contest the 1968 elections.
