He was schooled in a Roman Catholic seminary and served in the British Army 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 currently[when?] a director of the charity Kemmyrk and a member of the Douglas Regeneration Committee, of the Institute of Hospitality and of the Positive Action Group.
In 2010, he replaced Phil Braidwood as MHK for Douglas East in a by-election, and was re-elected at the 2011 and 2016 general elections.
In 2015, he resigned his post as Minister for Policy and Reform after less than a year in post, to be replaced immediately by John Shimmin.[1]
Among other issues, he has campaigned for the island's government as a single legal entity.
He was born in 1948, and is married with two children and five grandchildren.
