Alex Downie

Alexander Frank Downie, OBE, MLC (born 1945, Douglas) is a Manx politician and former marine engineer. He is a member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man and a former Trade and Industry Minister of the Government. He was a Member of the House of Keys from 1991 until his election to the Legislative Council in 2005.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/isle_of_man/8569360.stm Stalemate for fourth Manx council seat] Before going into politics, he was marine seagoing engineer for various companies and self-employed in the heating maintenance business.

Personal life

Downie was born in 1945 in Douglas, Isle of Man.{{cite web|title=Alexander Frank DOWNIE OBE FIMarEST MCMI MLC|url=http://www.tynwald.org.im/memoff/former/Pages/DownieAF.aspx|website=Tynwald|accessdate=4 May 2017}}

Downie is a freemason.{{cite web |title=Tynwald Member's Interests - Mr Alex Downie MLC|url=http://www.manxforums.com/forums/index.php?/topic/50363-tynwald-members-interests-mr-alex-downie-m-l-c//|accessdate=25 January 2012}} As of April 2017, he is the Deputy Provincial Grand Master for the Isle of Man.{{cite web|title=Freemasonry stamps include an invisible logo|url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=33130&headline=Freemasonry%20stamps%20include%20an%20invisible%20logo§ionIs=NEWS&searchyear=2017|website=IOM Today|accessdate=4 May 2017|date=19 April 2017}}

Ministerial positions

Minister of Trade and Industry, 2002–2006
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 1999–2002

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110110225501/http://mhkstheyworkforyou.org/DownieAF.aspx Alex Downie on MHKstheyworkforyou.org]

Category:Independent politicians in the Isle of Man

Category:Members of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man

Category:Members of the House of Keys 1991–1996

Category:Members of the House of Keys 1996–2001

Category:Members of the House of Keys 2001–2006

Category:Living people

Category:Manx Freemasons

Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Category:1945 births