The Executive Council is the former title of the Council of Ministers, the principal executive body of the Isle of Man Government. Its chairman was the Lieutenant Governor until 1980, when he was replaced by a Chairman elected by Tynwald. The Chairman was renamed Chief Minister in 1986, and the council was renamed Council of Ministers in 1990.
The Executive Council was established following the 1949 General Election, "to assist the Lieutenant Governor in the performance of his duties", as successor to an executive committee of Tynwald which was set up in 1946.Letter from United Kingdom Home Office to Lieutenant Governor, 20 February 1946, cited in Report of the Joint Working Party on the Constitutional Relationship between the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom (the 'Stonham Report'), 1969, at p.29. The Council originally consisted of the two members of the House of Keys and the following five members:
Chairman of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Chairman of the Board of Highways and Transport Chairman of the Board of Social Services Chairman of the Board of Local Government Chairman of the Board of Education
Members
Name Type Position Tenure Replacing Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet KBE CB DSO DL Chairman Lieutenant Governor 1946-1952 N/A John Cowin MLC Member Chairman of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1946-1950 N/A John Crellin MLC Member Chairman of the Local Government Board 1946-1958 N/A Charles Gill MLC Member Chairman of the Highways and Transport Board 1946-1951 N/A Richard Kneen MHK Member Chairman of the Social Services Board 1946-1951 N/A Alfred Teare MHK Member Appointed Member 1946-1958 N/A George Higgins MHK Member Appointed Member 1946-1949 N/A Second Deemster William Cowley MLC Member Appointed Member 1946-1947 N/A Sir Joseph Davidson Qualtrough CBE Member Speaker of the House of Keys 1947-1951 William Cowley Thomas Cowin MHK Member Chairman of the Health Services Board 1949-1955 George Higgins Richard Cannell MHK Member Chairman of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1950-1958 John Cowin Sir John Bolton MHK Member Appointed Member 1951-1962 Charles Gill Jack Nivison MHK CBE JP Member Chairman of the Board of Social Security 1951-1960 Richard Kneen Henry Corlett MHK CBE JP Member Chairmen of the Board of Education 1951-1962 Joseph Davidson Qualtrough Sir Ambrose Flux Dundas KCIE CSI Chairman Lieutenant Governor 1952-1959 Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet Sir Charles Kerruish MHK MemberChairmanMember Chairman of the Health Services BoardChairman of the Health Services Board? 1955-19611961-19661967-1968 Thomas Cowin?? George Higgins MHK Member Appointed Member 1958-1958 N/A Sir Ralph Stevenson MLC Member ? 1958-1969 ? Howard Simcocks MHK Member ? 1958-1962 Richard Cannell George Moore MLC Member ? 1958-1962 ? Sir Ronald Herbert Garvey KCMG KCVO MBE Chairman Lieutenant Governor 1959-1961 Sir Ambrose Flux Dundas James Cain MHK Member Chairman of the Tourism Board 1960-1962 Jack Nivison Bert Stephen MHK Member Chairman of the Finance Board 1962-1964 ? Cecil McFee MLC Member ? 1962-1966 ? Harold Nicholls MLC Member Chairman of the Airports Board 1962-1967 ? William E. Quayle MHK Member Chairman of the Tourism Board 1962-1971 James Cain Hubbert Radcliffe MHK Member ? 1963-1966 ? Norman Crowe MHK MemberChairmanMember Chairman of the Finance BoardChairman of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries? 1964-19671967-19711971-1978 Bert Stephen?? Edward Kerruish MHK Member ? 1967-1970 ? Percy Radcliffe MHK MemberChairmanMemberMemberChairman ?Chairman of the Local Government Board?Chairman of the Finance BoardChairman of the Executive Council 1967-19711971-19761976-19771977-19811981-1985 ????? Sir John Bolton MHK Member Chairman of the Finance Board? 1967-19771977-1979 Norman Crowe? Clifford Irving MHK MemberMemberChairman ?Chairman of the Tourism BoardChairman of the Tourism Board 1968-19711971-19771977-1981 ??? Jack Nivison MHK CBE JP Member Chairman of the Board of Social Security 1969-1972 ? Colin Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort MHK JP Member ? 1970-1970 ? Victor Kneale MHK Member ? 1970-1974 ? Howard Simcocks MHK Member ? 1970-1974 ? Ian Anderson MHK Member Chairman of the Police BoardChairman of the Local Government BoardChairman of the Home Affairs Board 1971-19761976-19811981-1982 ? Bob Creer MHK Member Chairman of the Health Services Board 1975-1977 ? Roy MacDonald MHK Member ? 1975-1978 ? Alexander Moore MHK Member ? 1977-1978 ? Bob Creer MHK Member ? 1978-1982 ? Noel Cringle MHK Member Chairmen of the Board of Education 1978-1982 ? Edward Kerruish MLC Member ? 1978-1985 ? Edgar Mann Member Chairman of the Board of Agriculture and FisheriesChairman of the Finance Board 1980-19811981-1985 ? Roy MacDonald Member Chairman of the Harbour Board 1982-1985 ? Matty Ward Member Charman of the Forestry, Mines and Land Board 1982-1985 ? Noel Cringle MHK Member Chairman of the Home Affairs Board 1982-1986 Ian Anderson Miles Walker MHK MemberChairman Chairman of the Local Government BoardChief Minister 1982-19861986-1990 ? Victor Kneale MHK Member Chairmen of the Board of EducationMinister of Education 1982-19861986-1990 ? Ian Anderson MHK Member Chairman of the Board of Industry Minister of Industry 1984-19861986-1988 ? Edgar Mann Chairman Chairman of the Executive Council 1985-1986 Already Member Dr David Moore Member Chairman of the Finance Board 1985-1986 ? Norman Radcliffe Member Chairman of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1985-1986 ? Arnold Callin Member Chairman of the Health Services BoardMinister of Highways, Ports and Properties 1985-19861986-1990 ? Edmund Lowey MHK Member Chairman of the Tourism BoardMinister of Home Affairs 1985-19861986-1990 ? Don Maddrell MHK Member Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 1986-1988 ? David Cannan MHK Member Treasury Minister 1986-1989 ? Dominic Delaney Member Minister of Local Government and the Environment 1986-1989 ? Allan Bell MHK Member Minister of Tourism and Transport 1986-1990 ? Tony Brown MHK Member Minister of Health and Social SecurityMinister of Local Government and the Environment 1986-19891989-1990 ?Dominic Delaney Bernie May MHK Member Minister of Industry 1988-1990 Ian Anderson Donald Gelling MHK Member Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryTreasury Minister 1988-19891989-1990 Don MaddrellDavid Cannan Jim Cain Member Minister of Health and Social Security 1989-1990 Tony Brown David North Member Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 1989-1990 Donald Gelling Ron Cretney Member Minister of Education 1990-1990 Victor Kneale
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