Richard Corkill

Richard Kenneth Corkill 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 from 1991 to 2006. He was born in Douglas. He was elected by Tynwald 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 (Isle of Man)|Minister of Home Affairs], 1995-1996
Minister of [the Treasury (Isle of Man)|Minister of the Treasury], 1996-2001
Chief Minister, 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 Minister of Health and [Social Security (Isle of Man)|Health Minister] and Bill Henderson and David Anderson were given their first jobs in the council.