Robert Philip BRAIDWOOD BEng Former MLC
Personal
Education: Peel and Onchan Primary Schools, Ballakermeen and St Ninian’s High School; Liverpool University: Metallurgy, B Eng
Family: Married to Lynda Anne (née Donaldson) 1974; 1 daughter, Rachael Louise and 1 son, Adam James; 4 Grandchildren, Owen, Morgan, Daisy and Theo
Career: Metallurgist at British Insulated Callendar Cables 1971-73; Post Office, postal officer 1973-81; Sub postmaster, Windsor Road Post Office 1981-95
Public Service: Onchan Commissioners 1983-88
Interests: Hill walking
Parliamentary Profile
Posts
Member of the Legislative Council 2010-2015
Member of Treasury 2006-2015
Member of the Standing Orders Committee of Tynwald 2010-2015
Chairman of the Tynwald Advisory Council for Disabilities 2007-2015
Member of the Emoluments Committee 2013-2015
Parliamentary Career
Member: Transport (special responsibility for ports) 1995-96, Local Government and the Environment 1996-99, Treasury 1999-2001, Whitley Council 2002-07
Minister: Home Affairs 2001-05, Transport 2005-06
Chairman: Financial Supervision Commission 1999-2001, Communications Commission 2001-05
Parliamentary Posts: Deputy Speaker of the House of Keys 2008-10
Committees of Tynwald: Select Committee on the Retail Industry 1995-96, Petition for Redress of Grievance Jean Noreen Thompson 1995-98, Economic Initiatives 1999-2004, Joint Committee on the Emoluments of Certain Public Servants 1997-2002, Constitutional Matters 1997-2001 and 2007-11, Civil Service Commission (Personnel) 1996, Equalisation of Pensionable Age 1998-99, Local Government Reform 2000-01, Petition for Redress of Grievance of Leslie and Winifred Cook 2003-05, Select Committee on the Workshop for the Disabled 2007, Scrutiny 2007-11
House of Keys’ Committees: Consultative 1997-2001, Standing Orders 2006-10
Council of Ministers’ Committees: Constitutional and External Relations, Drug and Alcohol Strategy, E-Commerce, Children and Young People’s Strategy Group, Ombudsman Sub-Committee, Social Policy 2005-09, Bradda Glen Working Group 2007-08, MNH Working Group 2007-08, Infrastructure and Environment 2005-08, Retail Policy Working Group 2009-10, Business Change Steering Group 2007-11, Energy, Climate Change and Marine Spatial Planning 2010-11, Douglas Regeneration 2009-11
Chairman: Estate Management Forum 2010-11
Electoral History
First stood and elected as a Member of the House of Keys for Douglas East in a by-election in 1995. Re-elected in 1996, 2001 and 2006
First stood for, and elected to, the Legislative Council in 2010 for a term expiring on the 28th February 2015
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Member: Isle of Man Branch Executive Committee 2007-2015
Study Visits: Houses of the Oireachtas, Dublin 1995; European Parliament, Brussels 1996; Westminster, London 2007
Regional Conference: Scotland 2012
Plenary Conferences: Mauritius 1997; Australia 2001; Sri Lanka 2012