Richard Corkill

Richard Kenneth Corkill (born 1951) 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.

Governmental positions

• Minister of Home Affairs, 1995-1996
• Minister of the Treasury, 1996-2001
• Chief Minister, 2001-2004

The Corkill Council

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
Chief Minister	Richard Corkill	2001–2004
Minister of the Treasury	Allan Bell	2001–present
Minister of Home Affairs	Phil Braidwood	2001–2005
Minister of Health and Social Security	Clare Christian	1996–2004
	Steve Rodan	2004–2006
Minister of Education	Steve Rodan	1999–2004
	David Anderson	2004–2006
Minister of Trade and Industry	Alex Downie	2001–2006
Minister of Tourism and Leisure	David Cretney	1996–2006
Minister of Transport	John Shimmin	2001–2005
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	John Rimmington	2001–2004
	Bill Henderson	2004–2005
Minister of Local Government and the Environment	Pamela Crowe	2001–2004
	John Rimmington	2004–2006

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 Health Minister and Bill Henderson and David Anderson were given their first jobs in the council.