David Cretney


David Clifford Cretney is a Manx politician and entrepreneur. He was, until March 2014, Minister of Infrastructure in the Isle of Man Government, and had formerly headed the Departments of Community, Culture & Leisure, Trade & Industry, and Tourism & Leisure. He was a Member of the House of Keys for the Manx Labour Party, representing Douglas South from 1985. He has been a member of the upper house, the Legislative Council since 2015.
Before going into politics, Cretney was a shop manager and he was also a businessman in the period 1985–2012.
In December 2012 and early January 2013 he closed down his businesses, having chosen not to renew the leases on either of his shop premises.

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