Daphne Caine

Daphne Caine
Member of the House of Keys for Garff
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 September 2016
Personal details
Born
Daphne Hilary Penelope Caine

1969 (1969) (age 56)
Sheffield, England
Political partyIndependent
SpouseChristopher Caine[1]
Children2
EducationKing Edward VII School
Stradbroke College
OccupationPolitician

Daphne Hilary Penelope Caine (born 1969) is an English-born Manx politician and former civil servant. She was elected to the House of Keys representing Garff in 2016 and re-elected for the same constituency in 2021. Following the 2021 election, she was elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Keys. She previously worked on the Isle of Man as a journalist and civil servant.[2][3]

Biography

Born in Sheffield, England, in 1969, and brought up there, Caine was educated at King Edward VII School and later at Stradbroke College, Sheffield. From 1989 to 1996, she worked as a journalist for Isle of Man Newspapers, after which she joined the island's civil service, initially at the Department of Tourism and Leisure, later at the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Infrastructure, where she concentrated on the island's public transport.[4]

In 2016, Caine was elected to the Tynwald, where she serves as a Member of the House of Keys for Garff as an Independent. She has served as a political member of the Department for Enterprise since 2016 and was Children's Champion from 2016 to 2018.[5]

Election results

2016

2016 Manx General Election: Garff[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Martyn John Perkins 1767 36.35%
Independent Daphne Caine 1270 26.13%
Independent Andrew Smith 1247 25.65%
Independent Andrew Barton 346 8.55%
Independent Nigel Dobson 231 5.71%
Total valid votes 4861
Rejected ballots 11 0.52%
Registered electors 5,069
Turnout 2536 49.77%

Personal life

She is married to Christopher Caine, a native of the Isle of Man, with whom she has two children.[3][7]

References

  1. ^ "Daphne Hilary Penelope CAINE MHK". Tynwald. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ^ "DED Minister and Members". gov.im. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Sharman, David (20 September 2016). "Former weekly journalist to stand for island's parliament". Hold the Front Page. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ "CaineDHP". tynwald.org. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Daphne Hilary Penelope CAINE MHK (Garff)". Tynwald. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ "2016 General Election - Constituency Results" (PDF). Isle of Man Government. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Daphne Caine to stand in Garff". manx.net. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.



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