Richard Kenneth Corkill (born 1951) was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man from December 2001 until December 2004, and was an elected 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 ...

from 1991 to 2006. He was born in Douglas. He was elected by

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 ...

with 21 votes, defeating Edgar Quine, who received 10 votes. He resigned as chief minister after he and his wife were arrested on allegations of fraud regarding tourist grants.

Governmental positions

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 ...

, 1995-1996 * Minister of the Treasury, 1996-2001 *

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, 2001-2004

The Corkill Council

Council changes

In what would have been a mid term shake up, Mr Corkill replaced MLCs Clare Christian and Pamela Crowe who has come under fire as Health and DLGE ministers respectively. Steve Rodan was promoted to

Health Minister A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

and Bill Henderson and David Anderson were given their first jobs in the council.

References

1951 births Living people Chief ministers of the Isle of Man 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 People from Douglas, Isle of Man {{IsleofMan-politician-stub