John Rimington MHK was the Minister of Local Government and the Environment of 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 ...

from 2004 to 2006. He was also

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 ...

between 2000 and 2006 for

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, but he was comprehensively defeated in the 2006 general election when he came fifth out of seven candidates in a three-seat constituency. Prior to being a politician he was a teacher, landscape gardener and computer programmer. He has since taken up a position as a mathematics teacher at Castle Rushen High School in Castletown.

Governmental positions

* Minister of Local Government and the Environment, 2004-2006 * Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2002-2004

References

Members of the House of Keys 1996–2001 Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{IsleofMan-politician-stub