Graham Derek Cregeen was a Manx politician who served as

Member of 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 La ...

for Arbory, Castletown & Malew in the

Isle of Man The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...

until 2021. He was Minister for Justice and Home Affairs from 2020 to 2021. Graham has two sons including Andrew Cregeen famous Manx basket baller. Graham can be seen walking his grandson Ted on Thursday nights and sometimes on a weekend.

Political career

In 2006 he was elected MHK for the former

Malew and Santon Malew and Santon was a House of Keys Constituencies, House of Keys constituency in the Isle of Man. The constituency was created in 1986. It elected one Member of the House of Keys, MHK and the constituency covered the parishes of Malew and Sant ...

constituency, and was re-elected for that constituency in 2011. From 2006 to 2016 he was a political member of a variety of government departments in turn, and for a few weeks in 2012 he was Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure (a position that was abolished in 2014). In 2016 he was elected MHK for the new Arbory, Castletown & Malew constituency, and appointed Minister for Education and Children. In 2017 the department was renamed as the Department of Education, Sport and Culture. In 2020 he was appointed Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

Election results

2011

2016

In 2014,

Tynwald Tynwald (), or more formally, the High Court of Tynwald () or Tynwald Court, is the legislature of the Isle of Man. It consists of two chambers, known as the branches of Tynwald: the directly elected House of Keys and the indirectly chosen Leg ...

approved recommendations from the Boundary Review Commission which saw the reform of the Island's electoral boundaries. Under the new system, the Island was divided into 12 constituencies based on population, with each area represented by two members of the House of Keys. As a result Cregeen's former constituency of

was abolished, with Santon becoming part of the constituency of Middle and Malew becoming part of the newly formed Arbory, Castletown and Malew.

References

Living people Manx people Independent politicians in the Isle of Man Members of the House of Keys 2006–2011 Members of the House of Keys 2011–2016 Members of the House of Keys 2016–2021 Year of birth missing (living people) {{IsleofMan-politician-stub