Nationality Manx Years active 2001–present Website www.philgawne.im Role Politician | Occupation Politician Children 1 son, 1 daughter Name Phil Gawne | |
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Full Name Philip Anderson Gawne Spouse Catherine Kissack (m. 1991) Similar People David Cretney, John Shimmin, Peter Karran, Steve Rodan, Leonard Singer | ||
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Philip Anderson "Phil" Gawne BSc MHK (born 19 February 1965) is a Manx politician, who is one of the three Members of the House of Keys for Rushen, a constituency in the Isle of Man. He is also the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and therefore a member of the Council of Ministers.
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Review 2017: Phil Gawne part 2
Early life
Born in 1965 in Douglas to C.R. Gawne CP and E. Gawne (nee Anderson), he is a fluent speaker of the Manx language, the ancient language of the Isle of Man. He has done much to save this minority language in recent years; he once served as the Manx Language Development Officer.
During the 1980s he was involved with a nationalist campaign that ended with an arson attack on an uncompleted luxury home in Tromode. In 1988 he was sent to prison for 16 months, serving 8 months, for his part in this arson attack.
Personal life
Gawne has been married to Catherine (nee Kissack) since 1991; they have two children and live in the hamlet of Surby in the south of the Island.