Brenda Josephine Cannell MHK

Member of the House of Keys

Member of the House of Keys, or MHK is the title given to a person who has been elected into the House of Keys, the lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man. There are twenty-four Members of the House of Keys. Elections are held every five years; the last election took place in...

 is the current member of the House of Keys

House of Keys

The House of Keys is the directly elected lower branch of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, the other branch being the Legislative Council....

 for Douglas East

Douglas East

Douglas East is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. It elects 2 MHKs.-MHKs & Elections:-External links:*...

, having been first elected in the 1996 general election. She was born in 1952 in Liverpool

Liverpool

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 and moved to the Island in 1977. She was a Hair Stylist prior to becoming an MHK. She was on the Douglas Town Council and her interests are music, gardening and the environment. She is married to Charles (maiden name was Jones), they have two sons named Louis and Samuel. Brenda also has two brothers named Marcus and Stephen who have between them 6 children; Lyndsey, Marcus Jnr, Beth, Nicole, Jake and Robyn.

Governmental positions

• Chairman of the Isle of Man Water Authority
  Isle of Man Water Authority
  The Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority is the Statutory Board responsible for water supply and sewage disposal in the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1972 as the 'Isle of Man Water Authority' by the merger of the Isle of Man Water Board and the Water Department of Douglas Corporation...
  
  , 2002-2004
• Chairman of the Planning Committee, 2004-2005