Miles Walker Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Miles Walker
Office:Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
Governor:Laurence New
Term Start:3 December 1986
Term End:3 December 1996
Predecessor:Edgar Mann (as Chairman of the Executive Council)
Successor:Donald Gelling
Birth Name:Miles Rawstron Walker
Birth Date:1940 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Isle of Man
Nationality:Manx
Party:Independent
Spouse:Mary, Lady Walker
(m. 1966–present)
Children:1 son, 1 daughter
Profession:Politician / businessman

Sir Miles Rawstron Walker (born 13 November 1940[1]) is a Manx businessman and politician, who was the first ever Chief Minister of the Isle of Man.[2] [3]

Early life and career

Born on 13 November 1940 to George Denis Walker and Alice (née Whittaker), he was educated at Castle Rushen High School and the Shropshire Agricultural College. He later went on to become a company director in the farming and retail dairy trade. He was an Arbory commissioner (a local government role) from 1970 until 1976, latterly as the chairman. In 1976 he was elected as an MHK for Rushen. He remained an MHK until he retired at the 2001 General Election. In 1986 he was elected as the island's first ever Chief Minister, and continued in the post until the 1996 election. He was honoured as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991. He was awarded an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) in 1994 by Liverpool University, and was knighted in 1997.

Personal life

Sir Miles has been married to Mary since 1966; they have one son and one daughter together and live in Colby, Isle of Man.

Government positions

Walker's Councils of Ministers

OfficeNameTerm
Chief MinisterSir Miles Walker1986–96
Minister of the TreasuryDavid Cannan1986–89
 Donald Gelling1989–96
Minister of Home AffairsEdmund Lowey1986–91
 Arnold Callin1991–95
 Richard Corkill1995–96
Minister of Health and Social SecurityTony Brown1986–89
 Jim Cain1989–91
 Bernie May1991–96
Minister of EducationVictor Kneale1986–90
 Ron Cretney1990–91
 Hazel Hannan1991–95
 Noel Cringle1995–96
Minister of IndustryIan Anderson1986–88
 Bernie May1988–91
 Allan Bell1991–?
Minister of Trade and IndustryAllan Bell?–1994
Minister of Tourism and TransportAllan Bell1986–90
Minister of Tourism, Leisure and TransportAllan Bell1990–94
Minister of Tourism and LeisureTony Brown1994–96
Minister of Highways, Ports and PropertiesArnold Callin1986–91
 David North1991–94
Minister of TransportDavid North1994–96
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryDon Maddrell1986–88
 Donald Gelling1988–89
 David North1989–91
 John Corrin1991–95
 Hazel Hannan1995–96
Minister of Local Government and the EnvironmentDominic Delaney1986–89
 Tony Brown1989–94
 Terry Groves1994–96

Business Positions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walker, Miles Rawstron. www.tynwald.org. 11 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120414184409/http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/walker-mr.pdf. 14 April 2012. dmy-all.
  2. Book: Belchem, John. A New History of the Isle of Man: The modern period 1830–1999. 20 May 2011. 2000. Liverpool University Press. 978-0-85323-726-6. 197–.
  3. Book: Kermode, D. G.. Offshore island politics: the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century. registration. 20 May 2011. 2001. Liverpool University Press. 978-0-85323-777-8. 283.
  4. Web site: Sir Miles Walker is new Hospice Isle of Man chairman . www.iomtoday.co.im . 7 June 2010 . 11 November 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120924153735/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/sir_miles_walker_is_new_hospice_isle_of_man_chairman_1_1747063 . 24 September 2012 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Sir Miles Walker takes over as Chairman . www.seftongroup.co.im. 4 June 2010 . 11 November 2011.