Geoffrey Boot was born on 1953 and is an English-born politician who until 2021 served as a Member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba and Peel.
14 Facts About Geoffrey Boot
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Geoffrey George Boot was born in Nottingham in 1953 and was educated in Sussex Coast College Hastings.
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Geoffrey Boot operated a large soft fruit farm as well as holiday, golf and leisure facilities.
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Geoffrey Boot contested the House of Keys seat of Glenfaba in both the 2006 and 2011 Manx general elections, but the seat was retained by his opponent David Anderson in both elections.
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From 2012 to 2015 Geoffrey Boot served as a Commissioner for the parish of German.
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Geoffrey Boot stood in a 2015 by-election triggered by Anderson's promotion to the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.
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In Tynwald, Geoffrey Boot sat on the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee, Select Committee of Tynwald on the Registration of Property and served as political member of the Department of Economic Development and the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture.
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Geoffrey Boot was returned with an increased vote count along with former Peel MHK Ray Harmer, who topped the poll.
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From 2017 to 2018, Geoffrey Boot sat on the Select Committee on the Functioning of Tynwald.
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In 2020 Geoffrey Boot was responsible for taking the Climate Change Act through Tynwald, which set out the Isle of Man Government's approach to mitigating the effects of climate change and its commitment to reducing net carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
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In May 2021, Geoffrey Boot stated that he intended to stand as a candidate in the 2021 Manx General Election.
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Geoffrey Boot is a commercial pilot and a chief flying instructor.
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Geoffrey Boot won the King's Cup Race three times and was a co-founder of FLYER magazine.
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In 2016, Geoffrey Boot announced that he would be downsizing his commitments.