James Robinson Corrin

James Robinson Corrin (1878-1972) was a leader of the Labour party in Isle of Man in the early to mid 1900s.

Career

Corrin was born to John Corrin and Elenor Gill in 1878 in The Level, Rushen, Isle of Man. Though trained as a carpenter, he became an accredited local lay Methodist preacher in 1898. He trained as a carpenter, and was a builder boats and yachts.

He founded the Manx Labour Party in 1902. In 1919 he was elected one of four Labour MHK's representing Rushen. He served on the Island in Tynwald legislative council from 1928 to 1964. As chairman of the Electricity Board, from 1931-1955 helped bring electricity to the countryside of the Isle of Man. A pacifist in his early life, he became a member of the War Council in 1940.

He lived and died in the same home he was born in at the age of 94 on 21 September 1972.