He is also Yn Lhaihder (Correctly spelled "Yn Lhaider") (The reader) to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, Tynwald.
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On Tynwald Day 2010, he was awarded the Tynwald Honour, the highest honour that Tynwald can award a citizen.
The village falls within the sheading and constituency of Glenfaba and is currently represented in Tynwald and the House of Keys by David Anderson MHK who was elected in 2001, 2006 and again in 2011.
Since 1994, the shares in Radio Manx Limited have been held by the Manx Radio Trust, further distancing the station from Tynwald.
Tynwald Hill, the original assembly place for the Isle of Man parliament, Tynwald, is the scene of the annual ceremony in which the laws of the Isle of Man are proclaimed in English and Manx every July 5.
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The Parliament of the United Kingdom has paramount power to legislate for the Isle of Man on all matters but it is a long-standing convention that it does not do so on domestic ('insular') matters without Tynwald's consent.
The only significant settlement in the sheading is St John's, where the Tynwald ceremony takes place.
They live in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and have three children, two sons: Tucker, founder of an investment company called Tynwald Capital; Benjamin, who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona's 3rd Congressional District from 2011 to 2013; and a daughter Corinne.
In the 12th century, this dropped to a 24-member Tynwald when the Isle of Mull and Islay were lost to Argyll.