| Chris Robertshaw | |
| Office: | Deputy Speaker of the House of Keys |
| Governor: | Richard Gozney |
| Term Start: | 25 September 2016 |
| Birth Date: | 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Chester |
| Nationality: | Manx |
| Party: | Independent |
| Children: | 2 |
| Spouse: | Joan Robertshaw |
| Term Start2: | 5 April 2014 |
| Term End2: | 16 February 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Position Established |
| Successor2: | John Shimmin |
| Term Start3: | 3 March 2014 |
| Term End3: | 1 April 2014 |
| Predecessor3: | Graham Cregeen |
| Successor3: | Position Abolished |
| Term Start4: | 14 October 2011 |
| Term End4: | 3 March 2014 |
| Predecessor4: | Martyn Quayle |
| Successor4: | Howard Quayle |
| Office6: | Member of the House of Keys for Douglas East |
| Termstart6: | 28 May 2010 |
| Termend6: | 12 August 2021 |
Christopher Roy Robertshaw is an English-born Manx politician who served as Member of the House of Keys for Douglas East until August 2021. He previously served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Keys, Minister of Social Care, Minister for Community, Culture and Leisure and Minister for Policy and Reform.[1]
Robertshaw was born in 1948 in Chester, and is married with two children and five grandchildren.
He was schooled in a Roman Catholic seminary and served in the British Army in Libya, Cyprus, Germany, England and Norway. In 2005 he retired as Managing Director, Company Secretary and Registrar of Sefton Hotel Plc after a 35-year career in tourism. He is currently a director of the charity Kemmyrk and a member of the Douglas Regeneration Committee, of the Institute of Hospitality and of the Positive Action Group.[1]
In 2010, he replaced Phil Braidwood as MHK for Douglas East in a by-election, and was re-elected at the 2011 and 2016 general elections.
In 2015, he resigned as Minister for Policy and Reform after less than a year in post, to be replaced by John Shimmin.[2]
Among other issues, he has campaigned for the island's government to become a single legal entity (at present each department has its own legal identity).[3]
Following re-election in 2016, Robertshaw stated publicly that he would not contest the next election in 2021.[3]