Peter Craine

Peter Alfred Craine (30 November 1931[1] – 5 January 2003)[2] was a British baker and a politician who served as Member of the House of Keys (MHK) for Douglas South.

[3] As an MHK, he held a number of posts in the Tynwald; he said he never turned a job down:[4] Craine successfully campaigned for the purchase of the Isle of Man Railway by the island government.

[2][4] Craine subsequently left Mec Vannin, joining the short-lived breakaway Manx National Party which was formed in 1977 and after Craine lost the election in 1981 the Manx National Party soon ceased to exist.

He married June Taylor in 1953, with whom he had a son, David, a daughter, Diane, and four grandchildren.

[5] Peter was a master baker and was interested in "sailing, photography, Manx and military history, railways, heavy horses, ornithology, rifle shooting and philately".