Richard Corkill

Richard Kenneth Corkill (born 1951) was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, December 2001 to December 2004. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man. He was elected by Tynwald with 21 votes, defeating Edgar Quine, who received 10 votes.

He resigned the post following police investigations into allegations about tourism grants. Some minor charges were proven against Mrs Corkill; Mr Corkill was not charged.^[1]

He announced in November 2006 that he would not be standing for re-election as member of the House of Keys for Onchan, a post he had held since 1991, stating that he needed to protect the welfare of his family.

In the 1980s and 1990s, before becoming an MHK, Mr Corkill ran the Elm Tree Pharmacy on the Main Road in Onchan. In April 2007, Mr Corkill opened a new pharmacy at Corkill's Garage, Main Road, Onchan, a few dozen metres from the site of his original business.

Governmental positions

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 Corkills sacked MLCs Clare Christian and Pamela Crowe who has come underfire 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.