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Manx politician (born 1950)
James Anthony Brown
OBE
(born 5 January 1950
[1]
) is a
Manx
politician
, former
businessman
and
electrician
who was the
Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
from 2006 until October 2011, when he stepped down from office following his decision to retire.
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Early life and career
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Born on 5 January 1950, Brown was educated at Victoria Road Primary, Castletown and Castle Rushen High School and has since been an electrician, being the proprietor of Tony Brown Electrics in Castletown until its closure in 2010. He was elected as a member of Castletown Commissioners in 1976, becoming Chairman in 1980 before being elected as the Castletown
MHK
in 1981 at his first attempt. In 2000, he was defeated in his attempt to become
Speaker of the House of Keys
by
David Cannan
but instead became the Deputy Speaker. Following the 2001 General Election, he was elected Speaker and in January 2002, Deputy
President of Tynwald
.
He was re-elected in November 2006 as MHK, beating Roy Redmayne by 915 votes to 335. He was again elected Speaker of the House of Keys after the General Election in 2006. There was a great deal of rumour that he might run for
Chief Minister
, but when nominations were put forward his name was not on the list. Then followed an unsuccessful round of voting with neither
Steve Rodan
,
John Shimmin
nor
David Cannan
being elected. Nominations then reopened, with Tony Brown being the only candidate put forward. His nomination was confirmed by Tynwald on Thursday, 14 December 2006 receiving 27 votes and the
Lieutenant Governor
appointed him Chief Minister later in the day. He then resigned the Speakership of the House of Keys as required by law.
Brown was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for public and political service.
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Personal life
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Brown has been married to Rachel (nee Smith) since 1979, they have 2 children together and live in Brown's hometown of Castletown.
Governmental positions
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Brown Council
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References
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MHKs
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- Edgar Quine
(
Ayre
, Ind)
- Tony Brown
(
Castletown
, Ind)
- Phil Braidwood
(
Douglas East
, Ind)
- Brenda Cannell
(
Douglas East
, Ind)
- Bill Henderson
(
Douglas North
, Ind)
- John Houghton
(
Douglas North
, Ind)
- David Cretney
(
Douglas South
, Labour)
- Adrian Duggan
(
Douglas South
, Ind)
- Alex Downie
(
Douglas West
, Ind)
- John Shimmin
(
Douglas West
, Ind)
- Steve Rodan
(
Garff
, Ind)
- David Anderson
(
Glenfaba
, Ind)
- Donald Gelling
(
Malew & Santon
, Ind)
- David Cannan
(
Michael
, Ind)
- Martyn Quayle
(
Middle
, Ind)
- Richard Corkill
(
Onchan
, Ind)
- Adrian Earnshaw
(
Onchan
, Ind)
- Peter Karran
(
Onchan
, Liberal)
- Hazel Hannan
(
Peel
, Ind)
- Allan Bell
(
Rasmey
, Ind)
- Leonard Singer
(
Rasmey
, Ind)
- John Rimington
(
Rushen
, Ind)
- Quintin Gill
(
Rushen
, Ind)
- Pamela Crowe
(
Rushen
, Ind)
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MHKs
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- Eddie Teare
(
Ayre
, Ind)
- Tony Brown
(
Castletown
, Ind)
- Phil Braidwood
(
Douglas East
, Ind)
- Brenda Cannell
(
Douglas East
, Ind)
- Bill Henderson
(
Douglas North
, Ind)
- John Houghton
(
Douglas North
, Ind)
- David Cretney
(
Douglas South
, Labour)
- Bill Malarkey
(
Douglas South
, Liberal)
- Geoff Corkish
(
Douglas West
, Ind)
- John Shimmin
(
Douglas West
, Ind)
- Steve Rodan
(
Garff
, Ind)
- David Anderson
(
Glenfaba
, Ind)
- Graham Cregeen
(
Malew & Santon
, Ind)
- David Cannan
(
Michael
, Ind)
- Martyn Quayle
(
Middle
, Ind)
- Adrian Earnshaw
(
Onchan
, Liberal)
- Peter Karran
(
Onchan
, Liberal)
- David Quirk
(
Onchan
, Ind)
- Tim Crookall
(
Peel
, Ind)
- Allan Bell
(
Rasmey
, Ind)
- Anne Craine
(
Rasmey
, Ind)
- Phil Gawne
(
Rushen
, Ind)
- Quintin Gill
(
Rushen
, Ind)
- Juan Watterson
(
Rushen
, Ind)
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