Robert Philip Braidwood (born 11 July 1949) is a Manx politician, who was formerly a

Member of the Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the British ( ...

; he was previously an MHK for Douglas East after winning the Douglas East by-election in 1995 and he continued to top the poll in every General Election since then until his elevation to the Legislative Council in 2010, which sparked a by-election won by Chris Robertshaw. He has had a long political career and has held numerous government positions, notably Minister of Transport (2005–06) and

Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

(2001–05).

Governmental positions

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of the

Financial Supervision Commission The Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) () was the financial regulator of the Isle of Man. The commission was established in 1983. The Chairman was previously a Member of Tynwald until legislation forbade this in 2004. In 2015, the FSC mer ...

, 1999–2001 *

, 2001–05 *

of the Communications Commission, 2001–05 * Minister of Transport, 2005–06

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20121009061613/http://www.gov.im/lib/news/dha/theministerofhom.xml Independent politicians in the Isle of Man Members of the House of Keys 1991–1996 Members of the House of Keys 1996–2001 Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 Members of the House of Keys 2006–2011 Living people 1949 births {{IsleofMan-politician-stub