Peter Craine

Peter Alfred Craine
Mr; Peter Alfred Craine; MHK
Member of the House of Keys, Douglas South
	In office; 1976–1981
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	John Warburton Paul
Succeeded by	Adrian Duggan
Personal details
Born	30 November 1931; Douglas, Isle of Man
Died	5 January 2003 (aged 71); Isle of Man
Nationality	Manx
Political party	Mec Vannin, then Manx National Party
Spouse(s)	June Taylor; (1953–2003, his death)
Children	1 son, 1 daughter
Profession	Baker, politician

Peter Alfred Craine (30 November 1931[1] – 5 January 2003)[2] was a baker and a politician from the Isle of Man and a Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for Douglas South.

Politics

He was originally elected with the Manx nationalist party Mec Vannin. In the 1976 election they stood ten candidates and only Craine was successful. He is the only ever Mec Vannin MHK, although several ex-members later became MHKs.[3] As an MHK, he held a number of posts in the Tynwald; he said he never turned a job down:[4]

Chairman of the Sea Fisheries Advisory Committee (1976-81)
Chairman of the Assessment Board (1980-1)
Vice-Chairman of the Manx Electric Railway Board (1976-81)
Member of the Forestry, Mines and Lands Board (1976-80)
Member of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1976-81)
Member of the Wild Life Park Committee (1976-81)
Member of the Unemployment Committee (1980-81)[1]

Craine successfully campaigned for the purchase of the Isle of Man Railway by the island government.[2][4]

Craine subsequently left Mec Vannin, joining the short-lived breakaway Manx National Party which was formed in 1977 and after Craine lost the election in 1981 the Manx National Party soon ceased to exist.[3] He unsuccessfully contested Douglas West the following year as an independent.[1]

After he left the Tynwald, he was a councillor on the Douglas Corporation (1985-1992) and was Deputy Mayor of Douglas from 1991-2.[1]

Personal life

Craine was born in Douglas and attended Douglas High School for Boys. He married June Taylor in 1953, with whom he had a son, David, a daughter, Diane, and four grandchildren.[2] David married Anne Valerie née Kerruish, the daughter of former President of the Tynwald and speaker of the House of Keys Charles Kerruish, in 1978; Anne was an MHK from 2003-11.[5] Peter was a master baker and was interested in "sailing, photography, Manx and military history, railways, heavy horses, ornithology, rifle shooting and philately."[1]

References

"Craine, Peter Alfred" (PDF). Tynwald.
"Tribute to the Late Peter Alfred Craine, Former MHK" (PDF). Report of Proceedings of the House of Keys (Legislaton and Other Matters). Office of the Clerk of Tynwald. 28 January 2003.
Kermode, D. G. (2001). Offshore Island Politics: The Constitutional and Political Development of the Isle of Man in the Twentieth Century. Liverpool University Press. p. 228.
Callister, David (7 February 2002). "Interview with MHK Peter Craine". Culture Vannin.
"Craine, Anne Valerie" (PDF). Tynwald.

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[tynwald-1] "Craine, Peter Alfred" (PDF). Tynwald.

[house-2] "Tribute to the Late Peter Alfred Craine, Former MHK" (PDF). Report of Proceedings of the House of Keys (Legislaton and Other Matters). Office of the Clerk of Tynwald. 28 January 2003.

[offshore-3] Kermode, D. G. (2001). Offshore Island Politics: The Constitutional and Political Development of the Isle of Man in the Twentieth Century. Liverpool University Press. p. 228.

[interview-4] Callister, David (7 February 2002). "Interview with MHK Peter Craine". Culture Vannin.

[anne-5] "Craine, Anne Valerie" (PDF). Tynwald.