Chris Robertshaw MHK

MHK

MHK can refer to:* Manhattan Regional Airport, in Manhattan, Kansas * Member of the House of Keys, a member of the Lower House of the Isle of Man Parliament; Tynwald* Miss Hong Kong Pageant, a beauty pageant...

 is a Member of the House of Keys

Member of the House of Keys

Member of the House of Keys, or MHK is the title given to a person who has been elected into the House of Keys, the lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man. There are twenty-four Members of the House of Keys. Elections are held every five years; the last election took place in...

 for Douglas East

Douglas East

Douglas East is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. It elects 2 MHKs.-MHKs & Elections:-External links:*...

 in the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 and Minister of Social Care

Department of Social Care (Isle of Man)

The Department of Social Care is one of nine departments of the Isle of Man Government. It was created on 1 April 2010, taking on the social services and social security functions of the former Department of Health and Social Security as well as the social housing function of the former Department...

He was schooled in a catholic seminary and served in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 in Libya, Cyprus, Germany, England and Norway. In 2005 he retired as Managing Director, Company Secretary and Registrar of Sefton Hotel Plc after a 35 year career in tourism. He is also currently a director of the Charity Kemmyrk and a member of the Douglas Regeneration Committee, a member of the Institute of Hospitality and a member of the Positive Action Group

Positive action group

The Positive Action Group is a political pressure group formed on the Isle of Man in November 2006. They see that there should be three ‘core principles’ applying to the system of Government in the Isle of Man, namely open accountable government, rigorous control of public finances, and a fairer...

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In 2010, he replaced Phil Braidwood

Phil Braidwood

Robert Philip "Phil" Braidwood BEng MLC is a Manx politician, who is currently a Member of the Legislative Council, he was previously an MHK for Douglas East after winning the Douglas East by-election in 1995 and he has continued to top the poll in every General Election since then until his...

 as MHK for Douglas East

Douglas East

Douglas East is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. It elects 2 MHKs.-MHKs & Elections:-External links:*...

 and was re-elected in 2011.

Governmental positions

• Minister of Social Care
  Department of Social Care (Isle of Man)
  The Department of Social Care is one of nine departments of the Isle of Man Government. It was created on 1 April 2010, taking on the social services and social security functions of the former Department of Health and Social Security as well as the social housing function of the former Department...
  
  , 2011–present