David Clifford Cretney (born 15 January 1954)^[1] is a former Manx politician. He was, until March 2014, Minister of Infrastructure in the Isle of Man Government,^[2] and had formerly headed the Departments of Community, Culture & Leisure, Trade & Industry, and Tourism & Leisure. He was a Member of the House of Keys for the Manx Labour Party, representing Douglas South from 1985.^[3] He has been a member of the upper house, the Legislative Council since 2015.

Before going into politics, Cretney was a shop manager (1977–85) and he was also a businessman in the period 1985–2012.

In December 2012 and early January 2013 he closed down his two bargain-basement retail outlets having chosen not to renew the leases on either of his premises.^[4]

Governmental positions

• Chairman of the Post Office Authority, 1992–96
• Minister of Tourism and Leisure, 1996–2006
• Minister of Trade and Industry, 2006–10
• Minister of Community, Culture and Leisure, 2010–11
• Minister of Infrastructure, 2011–14 ^[5]

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