Quintin Bennett Gill (born 27 November 1959) is a Manx

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, who was a 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 Lat ...

(the lower house of parliament of the

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) for

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between 2001 and 2011. He had been elected twice: in November 2001 (his first attempt) and in November 2006, before losing his seat in the September 2011 election, to Independent challenger Laurence Skelly. Before he was a politician, he was a social worker and a

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officer. Gill was the chairman of the Manx Electricity Authority until 2011.

Governmental and parliamentary positions (selection)

* Chairman of the

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, 2004–08 * Chairman of the Manx Electricity Authority, 2008–11 * Political Member of various government departments, 2002–11 * Deputy Speaker of the House of Keys, 2010–11

Personal life

Gill has been married to Joy (née McCaffrey) since 1989, they have three daughters together and live in Port St Mary, Isle of Man.

References

Living people Independent politicians in the Isle of Man People from Blackburn Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 Members of the House of Keys 2006–2011 1959 births {{IsleofMan-politician-stub