John Rimington (born 1952) is a political figure who served as a minister and member of parliament on the

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Biography

Born in Stockport in 1952, Rimington attended

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Primary School and then

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on the Isle of Man, before graduating from the

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with a degree in politics. He then completed a PGCE in maths. He subsequently taught at a school in Marple from 1975 to 1980 and then worked as a computer programmer for

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from 1980 to 1983 before returning to teaching at

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in 1983. In 1984 he opened a landscaping company. He married in 1986 and had two sons. In 1988 he moved to the Isle of Man and continued the landscaping business, while also occasionally working as a supply teacher. Rimington contested the 1991 general elections as a Green Party candidate in

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, but lost his deposit. In 1992 he became a parish councillor for

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parish. He ran as an independent in

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. Although he was unsuccessful again, he won a by-election in 2000. In the

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the following year he topped the polls and was re-elected. He subsequently joined the

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as Minister of Local Government and the Environment in 2004. However, he was comprehensively defeated in the 2006 general elections, when he came fifth out of seven candidates in a three-seat constituency. After losing his seat he became a mathematics teacher at Castle Rushen High School in Castletown. He later left the Isle of Man and worked for the

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in New Zealand then the Welsh Green Party in

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Governmental positions

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

References

1982 births Living people Independent politicians in the Isle of Man People educated at King William's College Alumni of the University of Reading English schoolteachers English businesspeople Manx businesspeople Manx schoolteachers Members of the House of Keys 1996–2001 Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006 {{IsleofMan-politician-stub