Alfred Kura Taratu Ingram (10 July 1946 – 6 June 2010) was a
Cook Islands
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politician and
Cabinet Minister
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.
Ingram was born in
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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, and initially raised in
Samoa
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and then
Rarotonga
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.
He was educated at Avarua Side School, and then
Mt Albert Grammar School
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in Auckland for his secondary education.
[ He studied law, and was accepted to the bar in New Zealand in 1974, and the Cook Islands in 1975.][
Ingram joined the Cook Islands Democratic Party in the 1970s, and along with ]Norman George
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George was first elected to the Parliament of the Cook Islands in 1983. He represented ...
was active in fundraising for the party in New Zealand.[ After falling out with Davis in 1983,][ he crossed the floor, and served as Leader of the Opposition between 1984 and 1986.][ He was subsequently leader of the breakaway ]Democratic Tumu Party
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, which supported the Cook Islands Party
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administration of Geoffrey Henry
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Early life
Henry was a native of A ...
.[
In 1993, Ingram became the Cook Islands' first High Commissioner to Australia.][ He retired to Auckland in 1996.
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References
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Government ministers of the Cook Islands
1946 births
2010 deaths
20th-century New Zealand lawyers
Politicians from Auckland
Cook Island lawyers
Democratic Party (Cook Islands) politicians
People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School
High Commissioners of the Cook Islands to Australia