John David Qualtrough Cannan (24 August, 1936 – 2022) was the

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

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and Chairman of the Isle of Man Water Authority. He was the son of former Chaplain of the House of Keys, Rev Canon

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. He was educated at

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and was a businessman in the tea and rubber industry before going into politics. In the 1970s he was a

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councillor before becoming the Michael MHK in 1982. He was elected

Speaker of the House of Keys The Speaker of the House of Keys () is the principal officer of the House of Keys, the lower house of the Isle of Man legislature. The Speaker is elected from the membership of the House at its first sitting after an election. He is responsibl ...

in 2000, and remained as such until the 2001 General Election. He retired from the House of Keys at the 2011 General Election. In 2006 he stood for Chief Minister of the Isle of Man ,and then Speaker, but was unsuccessful in both. Cannan was known to be a supporter of the British Crown in general and was against the move to rename the Lieutenant Governor to

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. Cannan's death was announced on 1 August 2022.

Governmental positions

* Minister of the Treasury, 1986–89 *Chairman of the

Financial Supervision Commission The Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) ( gv, Barrantee Oaseirys Argidoil) was the financial regulator of the Isle of Man. The commission was established in 1983. The Chairman was previously a Member of Tynwald until legislation forbade this ...

, 1987–89 *Chairman of Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority, 2007–?

References

External links

Official BIography at the Parliament of the Isle of Man
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