Steve Rodan

Hon. Stephen C. "Steve" Rodan, SHK, BSc, MRPharmS is the current Speaker of the House of Keys and former Minister of the Isle of Man Government and Member of the House of Keys for the constituency of Garff. He was elected to the seat in a by-election in 1995.

Originally from Glasgow, Rodan is a trained chemist. He now lives in Laxey, the most populated village in Garff. Politically, he is liberal having chaired both the Edinburgh University Liberal Club and Scottish Young Liberals. He was also a Member of the National Executive of the Scottish Liberal Party and stood unsuccessfully for the House of Commons in 1979 for the constituency of Moray and Nairn, being defeated by the Conservative Alexander Pollock.

Mr Rodan stood for Chief Minister following the November 2006 elections but failed to gain the necessary support in round one. He then stood for Speaker and defeated David Cannan and Quintin Gill.

Governmental position

*Minister of Health and Social Security, 2004-2006
*Minisiter of Education, 1999-2004

External links

* [http://www.tynwald.org.im/biographies/rodan-sc.pdf/ Biography]