Hazel Hannan, former

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 ...

(MHK), was previously the Deputy Speaker of the House of Keys and an Education Minister and then Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the

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. She was elected in 1986 as an independent MHK for

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, after a failed attempt 5 years earlier standing for

Mec Vannin () is a political party operating in the Isle of Man. Formed in 1962, it seeks to revoke the status of Man as a British self-governing Crown dependency and establish a completely sovereign state, which would be a republic. It describes its aim ...

. She is the President of Peel AFC. She was defeated in the 2006 general election by Tim Crookall MHK. ''

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'' exit polls had the incumbent Mrs. Hannan displaying an initial lead.

Governmental positions

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, 1991–1995 * Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 1995–1999

References

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