John Philip Shimmin (born 1 July 1960) is a former Member of the House of Keys for Douglas West.
He was then a teacher (Physical Education, Mathematics, General Studies) from 1982 in several areas of the UK - Crewe, Tamworth, Knowsley before returning to teach in Douglas (St Ninian's High School) where he was also Head of Year from 1989 to 1996 [1] until entering politics.
He remained Minister of Economic Development of the Isle of Man Government until, following questions in regards to the Isle of Man Government's handling of the loans to the Manx-based Sefton Group,[3] he resigned his ministerial post .
[4][5] On 16 February 2015 he was appointed Minister for Policy and Reform, replacing Chris Robertshaw who had held the post for less than a year before resigning.
[6] Following 20 years of service, Shimmin chose not to contest his seat at the 2016 General Election [7] and subsequently stood down from politics (along with fellow long-standing members Allan Bell and Eddie Teare).