Ian Thomas Henderson (born 24 October 1940) is a former Australian politician. He was born in

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to Walter Henderson and Lilian Florence May, ''née'' Kennedy. He attended state schools at

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and Mount Gravatt and then

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. He studied at

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(Certificate of Teaching), at the

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( BA, B.Ed, M.Ed.St) and at the University of New England (Litt.B); he also received an Associate Diplomat of Theology from the

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and a Doctorate of Religious Education at the International Bible Institute in

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. A school teacher from 1962, he became subject master at

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in 1977 and deputy principal of

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and Springwood high schools from 1980 to 1984. A member of the National Party, he was elected to the

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as the member for Mount Gravatt in 1983. He was promoted to the front bench as Minister for Justice and Corrective Services in October 1989, but he lost his seat in the election in December at which

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defeated the National Party.

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