Quintin Gill MHK, Board Member

Personal details
B 27 November 1959, Blackburn, Lancashire; s of A B Gill
and E L Gill (Cain); m (1989) Joy Marie (McCaffrey); 3 dau
Laura, Emma and Alison.

Education and qualifications
Dovecliff Grammar School, Burton Upon Trent. Royal
Navy 1977-81; UK L A Social Services Departments 1983-
89; Suffolk College CQSW 1989-91.

Career

  • IOM Government,
  • Department of Home Affairs Probation Officer 1990-95;
  • Personnel Office Welfare Officer 1995-96;
  • Department of Health and Social Security Social Worker 1996-2001.

Local Government, Public Bodies, charities etc

  • Member Port St Mary Commissioners 2001-02.
  • TA (3(V) Staffordshire Regiment)
    1984-90.
  • Trustee Relate (IOM) 1999-date. IOM Alcohol Advisory Service 2001-date,
  • Chair Southern Befrienders.
  • Representative of Tynwald to the Territorial, Auxilliary
    and Volunteer Reserve Association for the North West of England and the Isle of
    Man 2007 to 31 March 2010.

Parliamentary Career

  • MHK (Rushen)(Ind) 2001-date.

Government posts:

  • Member Department of Home Affairs 2002-04 and 2005-06,
  • Department of Education 2002-05, Department of Tourism and Leisure 2006-date,
  • Department of Trade and Industry 2006-date;
  • House of Keys representative on Manx Heritage Trust 2002-06;
  • Public Lottery Trust 2002-06;
  • Chairman Office of Fair Trading 2004-date,
  • Member Manx Heritage Foundation 2007-date.

Tynwald Committees:

  • Joint Committee on Emoluments of Certain Public Servants 2002-06,
  • Tynwald Honours 2002-06,
  • Standing Committee on Constitutional Matters 2002-06 and 2007-date,
  • Tynwald Standards and Members’ Interests 2004-06,
  • Standing Committee on Expenditure and Public Accounts 2004-06 and Vice-Chairman 2007-date,
  • Standing Committee on Expenditure and Public Accounts
  • Sub-Committee on Ramsey Post Office 2003-06,
  • Select Committee on GP Out of Hours Services 2003-04,
  • Select Committee on Health and Safety 2004-06,
  • Select Committee on the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme 2006,
  • Immigration 2007-date.

Keys’ Committees:

  • Consultative Committee 2002,
  • Management and Members’ Standards 2003-date,
  • Select Committee on Voluntary Euthanasia 2003-06,
  • Standing Orders 2006-date.

Council of Ministers’ Committees:

  • Social Issues,
  • War Pensions

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

  • Member Executive Committee 2002-date
  • Attended Westminster visit 2002
  • Regional Conferences United Kingdom 2003
  • Falkland Islands 2004
  • and Plenary Conference Fiji 2005.

Interests

  • Family,
  • walking,
  • Manx dancing,
  • Everton Football Club
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