Adrian John Earnshaw MHK (born 19 January 1950) is a Manx politician, who was the

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 ...

in the

Isle of Man Government The Isle of Man Government ( gv, Reiltys Ellan Vannin) is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of Charles III. The executive head is the Chief Mi ...

and 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 ...

for

Onchan Onchan (; glv, Kione Droghad) is a village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with wh ...

Early life and career

Born on 19 January 1950, he was educated at Onchan Primary School and Douglas High School, he worked at

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from 1968 until his election in 2001 as MHK for Onchan. He had previously served as an Onchan Commissioner. In December 2006, he was appointed Minister of Tourism and in 2008 was moved to Home Affairs Minister by Tony Brown. He lost his seat in the October 2011 general election, when he was defeated by

Liberal Vannin The Liberal Vannin Party (LVP; gv, Partee Libraalagh Vannin) is a political party in the Isle of Man. It was founded in 2006 by Peter Karran, then an Independent MHK for Onchan. Karran had been, until 2004, a member of the Manx Labour Party. ...

challenger Zac Hall.

Personal life

He is married to Norma (née Cain), they have 2 daughters together.

Governmental positions

, 2008–11 * Minister of Tourism and Leisure, 2006–08

References

1950 births Living people Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 Members of the House of Keys 2006–2011 {{IsleofMan-politician-stub