# Alan Crowe

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{{Short description|Manx politician (born 1940)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alan Crowe
| birth_name = Edward Alan Crowe
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|1 September 1940}}
| birth_place = [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man)
| education = Kirk Michael Primary School<br />[Ramsey Grammar School](/source/Ramsey_Grammar_School)<br />Loughborough Training College
| occupation = Politician, teacher
| employer = [Isle of Man Bank](/source/Isle_of_Man_Bank) (1968–72)<br />[Isle of Man Government](/source/Isle_of_Man_Government)<br />(1991–present){{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
| years_active = 1991–present{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
| spouse = Dorothy Wagstaff 
| children = 2
}}
'''Edward "Alan" Crowe''' [MLC](/source/Legislative_Council_of_the_Isle_of_Man), [FCIS](/source/Institute_of_Chartered_Secretaries_and_Administrators), ACIB (born 1 September 1940<ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=Crowe, Edward Alan |url=http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/crowe-ea.pdf |publisher=www.tynwald.org |accessdate=2011-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414183742/http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/crowe-ea.pdf |archivedate=2012-04-14 }}</ref>) is a former [Manx](/source/Isle_of_Man) politician and former teacher,<ref name="bio" /> who was successively a member of both branches of [Tynwald](/source/Tynwald) in the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man).

==Early life and career==
Born on 1 September 1940 to George Henry Crowe and Esther Annie Crowe (née Caley), he was educated at [Ramsey Grammar School](/source/Ramsey_Grammar_School) and Loughborough Training College. He was awarded a teaching diploma, and taught initially in England and then in Canada. He then embarked upon a banking career, initially with the [Isle of Man Bank](/source/Isle_of_Man_Bank), and became the [Company Secretary](/source/Company_Secretary) and Executive Director of various companies, including [Eagle Star (International Life)](/source/Eagle_Star_Insurance). He is also a Fellow of the [Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators](/source/Institute_of_Chartered_Secretaries_and_Administrators), a Chartered Company Secretary and an Associate of the [Chartered Institute of Bankers](/source/Chartered_Institute_of_Bankers).

He contested [Douglas North](/source/Douglas_North) unsuccessfully in the 1991 General Election, but was elected Member of the House of Keys for that constituency in a 1995 by-election.<ref name=Kermode2001 >{{citation | last=Kermode | first=D. G. | year=2001 | title=Offshore island politics: the constitutional and political development of the Isle of Man in the twentieth century | publisher=Liverpool University Press | isbn=978-0-85323-777-8  | page=325 }}</ref> He was elevated to the [Legislative Council of the Isle of Man](/source/Legislative_Council_of_the_Isle_of_Man) in 1998, and remained there until his retirement in 2003. He returned to the Council from 2007 to 2015.

==Government positions==
*Chairman of the [Financial Supervision Commission](/source/Financial_Supervision_Commission), 2001–03
*Chairman of [Isle of Man Post Office](/source/Isle_of_Man_Post_Office), 2008–11

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