Richard Edgar Quine (born Richard Edgar Quine on 16 August 1934) is a Manx politician. After serving in the

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, he was elected to the

House of Keys The House of Keys () is the directly elected lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, the other branch being the Legislative Council. History The oldest known reference to the name is in a document of 1417, written in Lat ...

in 1986, where he represented

Ayre Ayre ( ; ) is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located in the north of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) and consists of the three historic parishes of Andreas, Bride and (Kirk Christ) Lezayre. T ...

until 2004. Edgar Quine was the leader of the Manx

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, the

Alliance for Progressive Government The Alliance for Progressive Government (APG), a political pressure group in the Isle of Man, was formed in 1991 as a grouping of members of the House of Keys (MHKs) who wanted to provide a coherent opposition to the Manx government. They were ...

and served as deputy Speaker of the House of Keys between 2002 and 2004. He also serves as President of Ayre United F.C. He married his wife Ann in Hong Kong on 15 July 1959. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2009.

Ministerial positions

* Minister of Local Government and the Environment, 1996-1999

Speeches

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in relation to the

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(October 2005): http://www.positiveactiongroup.org/Edgar_Quine_Peel_Cathedral_lecture.pdf

References

1934 births Living people Members of the House of Keys 1986–1991 Members of the House of Keys 1991–1996 Members of the House of Keys 1996–2001 Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 Manx football chairmen and investors 20th-century Manx politicians 21st-century Manx politicians {{IsleofMan-politician-stub