Miles Walker
{{Short description|Manx businessman and politician; first Chief Minister of the Isle of Man}}
{{for|the American tennis player|Miles Walker (tennis)}}
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{{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific_prefix=Sir
|name = Miles Walker
|office = Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
|monarch = Elizabeth II
|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 = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|11|13}}
|birth_place = Isle of Man
|nationality = Manx
|party = Independent
|spouse = Mary, Lady Walker
(m. 1966–present)
|children = 2
|profession = Politician, businessman
}}
{{Politics of the Isle of Man}}
Sir Miles Rawstron Walker {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 13 November 1940{{cite web| title=Walker, Miles Rawstron| url=http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/walker-mr.pdf| publisher=www.tynwald.org| accessdate=11 November 2011| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414184409/http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/walker-mr.pdf| archivedate=14 April 2012| df=dmy-all}}) is a Manx businessman and politician, who was the first ever Chief Minister of the Isle of Man.{{cite book|last=Belchem|first=John|title=A New History of the Isle of Man: The modern period 1830–1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjHHVG_aiOAC&pg=PA197|accessdate=20 May 2011|year=2000|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-726-6|pages=197–}}{{cite book|last=Kermode|first=D. G.|title=Offshore island politics: the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century|url=https://archive.org/details/offshoreislandpo0000kerm|url-access=registration|accessdate=20 May 2011|year=2001|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-777-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/offshoreislandpo0000kerm/page/283 283]}}
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.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}
Government positions
- Chairman of Tromode House Committee, 1977–80
- Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, 1979–81
- Chairman of the Local Government Board, 1981–86
- Chairman of the Income Tax Commission, 1985–86
- Member of the Executive Council, 1981–90
- Chief Minister, 1986–96
Walker's Councils of Ministers
Business positions
- Chairman of Hospice Isle of Man, 2010–present{{cite web | title=Sir Miles Walker is new Hospice Isle of Man chairman | url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/sir_miles_walker_is_new_hospice_isle_of_man_chairman_1_1747063 | publisher=www.iomtoday.co.im | date=7 June 2010 | accessdate=11 November 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=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 | archivedate=24 September 2012 | df=dmy-all }}
- Chairman of the Sefton Group plc., 2010–present{{cite web | title=Sir Miles Walker takes over as Chairman | url=http://www.seftongroup.co.im/news-detail.php?Sir-Miles-Walker-takes-over-as-Chairman-21| publisher=www.seftongroup.co.im| date= 4 June 2010 |accessdate=11 November 2011}}
References
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Category:Chief ministers of the Isle of Man