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{{Short description|Manx politician (born 1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2009}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Juan Watterson
| honorific_suffix    = [[Chartered accountant#United Kingdom|FCA]] [[CMgr]] [[FCMI]] [[FRSA]] [[Speaker of the House of Keys|SHK]]
| image               = File:2021-Watterson-Juan-portrait.jpg
| birth_date          = {{Birth-date and age|1980}}
| birth_place         = [[Isle of Man]]
| education           = Rushen Infants School<br />Rushen Junior School<br />[[Castle Rushen High School]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Lincoln]]
| occupation          = [[Politician]], [[chartered accountant]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Helena Perry|27 March 2010}}<ref name="tynwald-bio"/>
| office              = [[Speaker of the House of Keys]]
| termstart           = 27 September 2016
| predecessor         = [[Steve Rodan]]
| office3             = [[Department of Home Affairs (Isle of Man)|Minister for Home Affairs]]
| termstart3          = 13 September 2011
| termend3            = 27 September 2016
| predecessor3        = [[John Shimmin]]
| successor3          = [[John Shimmin]]
| office4             = [[Member of the House of Keys]] for [[Rushen]]
| termstart4          = 23 November 2006
| term_end4           = 
}}
'''Juan Paul Watterson''' (born 1980)<ref name="tynwald-bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/watterson-jp.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223005114/http://www.tynwald.org.im/tynwald/biographies/watterson-jp.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-23 }}</ref> is a [[Isle of Man|Manx]] politician, who is Speaker of the [[House of Keys]], and a member for [[Rushen (constituency)|Rushen]], in the [[Isle of Man]].<ref name="tynwald-bio"/>

{{Politics of the Isle of Man}}

==Early life==
Born in 1980 to John and Alison Watterson, he was educated at Rushen Infants School, Rushen Junior School and [[Castle Rushen High School]].

==Qualification and professional memberships==
Watterson attended the [[University of Lincoln]] (University of Lincolnshire & Humberside) where he graduated in 2001 with a First Class BA (Hons) in Management. He joined international accountancy firm [[KPMG]] where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2005. He was the ICAEW Chairman of the National Student Council, and later served on the institute's Young Professionals Advisory Board, Public Sector Advisory Board and Members and Commercial Board of the Institute as well as having been part of its 90-member governing ICAEW Council.<ref name="ICAEW Council">{{Cite web|url=https://www.icaew.com/about-icaew/who-we-are/governance/council/watterson-juan-|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020224156/https://www.icaew.com/about-icaew/who-we-are/governance/council/watterson-juan-|archivedate=2018-10-20|url-status=dead|title = Watterson, Juan|website=icaew.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Watterson was first elected to the House of Keys in 2006 aged 26 years 142 days, making him the second youngest ever elected MHK. He was appointed a political member of the [[Department of Local Government and the Environment (Isle of Man)|Department of Local Government and the Environment]] and Chairman of the island's Planning Authority.<ref name="dlge">{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.im/dlge/dept/political.xml |title=Political Members - Isle of Man Government Department of Local Government and the Environment |access-date=2009-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303230916/http://www.gov.im/dlge/dept/political.xml |archive-date=2010-03-03 }}</ref> Until May 2009, he had special responsibility as a "political member" for Housing (DoLGE) and Social Security within the [[Department of Health and Social Security (Isle of Man)|Department of Health and Social Security]] (DHSS), these roles being the Manx equivalent of a [[junior minister]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. After 10 months as Chairman of the Planning Committee, he was appointed to the [[Department of Economic Development (Isle of Man)|Department of Economic Development]]<ref name="DED">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gov.im/ded|title = Isle of Man Government - Enterprise}}</ref> with special responsibility for the island's financial services sector.

He was re-elected in the [[2011 Manx general election|2011 General Election]] with 3,080 votes, the highest number of votes in the island, and the largest in Rushen since the 1986 boundary changes. He was appointed the [[Department of Home Affairs (Isle of Man)|Minister for Home Affairs]], Chairman of the Communications Commission, and in 2012 became the island's first Armed Forces Champion. At 31 years 102 days, he became the youngest ever member of the Council of Ministers on his appointment as Minister for Home Affairs on 14 October 2011.

*2006: elected to House of Keys with 2,430 votes.
*2011: re-elected to the House of Keys, with 3,080 votes, the largest received by any candidate since 1981.
*2011: appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Chairman of the Communications Commission.
*2016: Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
*2016: re-elected after boundary changes with 2,087 votes, the third largest total on the island.
*2016: elected unopposed to the position of [[Speaker of the House of Keys]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/watterson-elected-speaker-1-8149676| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160928161723/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/watterson-elected-speaker-1-8149676| archive-date = 2016-09-28| title = Watterson elected Speaker - Isle of Man Today}}</ref>
*2021: re-elected to the House of Keys with 2,384 votes, the largest total on the island, and re-elected unopposed as Speaker.

Watterson joined the [[Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme]] where he is a postgraduate (2012) and Honorary Commander (RN). On 1 August 2016 he was appointed Hon. Colonel of the Isle of Man Army Cadet Force.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61767 |date=22 November 2016 |page=24715 |supp=y}}</ref>

== Election results ==

=== 2006 ===
{{Election box begin no change|-|title=[[2006 Manx general election|2006 Manx General Election]]: [[Rushen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.im/media/622793/electionresults2006v11.pdf |title=House of Keys 2006 General Election Results  |date= |website=gov.im}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Juan Watterson|votes=2430|percentage={{Percentage|2430|10327|2}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=[[Phil Gawne]]|votes=1794|percentage={{Percentage|1794|10327|2}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=[[Quintin Gill]]|votes=1689|percentage={{Percentage|1689|10327|2}}}}

{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Philip Crellin|votes=1432|percentage={{Percentage|1432|10327|2}}}}
{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=John Rimington|votes=1048|percentage={{Percentage|1048|10327|2}}}}
{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Anthony Wright|votes=1000|percentage={{Percentage|1000|10327|2}}}}
{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Adrian Tinkler|votes=934|percentage={{Percentage|934|10327|2}}}}

{{Election box total valid no change|votes=10327|percentage=}}
{{Election box rejected no change|votes=4|percentage={{Percentage|4|4017|2}}}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=6199}}
{{Election box turnout no change|votes=4017|percentage={{Percentage|4017|6199|2}}}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
{{Election box begin no change|-|title=[[2011 Manx general election|2011 Manx General Election]]: [[Rushen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.im/media/626429/2011electionresults.pdf |title=House of Keys 2011 General Election Results |date= |website=gov.im}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Juan Watterson|votes=3080|percentage={{Percentage|3080|10417|2}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=[[Laurence Skelly]]|votes=2021|percentage={{Percentage|2021|10417|2|pad=yes}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=[[Phil Gawne]]|votes=1942|percentage={{Percentage|1942|10417|2}}}}

{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Quintin Gill|votes=1722|percentage={{Percentage|1722|10417|2}}}}
{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=John Orme|votes=1195|percentage={{Percentage|1195|10417|2}}}}
{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=David Jones|votes=457|percentage={{Percentage|457|10417|2}}}}

{{Election box total valid no change|votes=10417|percentage=}}
{{Election box rejected no change|votes=12|percentage={{Percentage|12|3749|2}}}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=5789}}
{{Election box turnout no change|votes=3749|percentage={{Percentage|3749|5789|2}}}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
In 2014, [[Tynwald]] approved recommendations from the Boundary Review Commission which saw the reform of the island's electoral boundaries.

Under the new system, the island was divided into 12 constituencies based on population, with each area represented by two members of the [[House of Keys]].

As a result of these changes the constituency was reduced in size and lost one of its three MHKs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.im/media/1371852/constituency-map-no-12-rushen.pdf  |title=Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 2014: Map No. 12, RUSHEN CONSTITUENCY |date= |website=gov.im}}</ref>
{{Election box begin no change|-|title=[[2016 Manx general election|2016 Manx General Election]]: [[Rushen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.im/media/1353347/2016-general-election-results-and-turnout.pdf |title=2016 General Election - Constituency Results
 |date= |website=gov.im}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Juan Watterson|votes=2087|percentage={{Percentage|2087|5767|2}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=[[Laurence Skelly]]|votes=1212|percentage={{Percentage|1212|5767|2}}}}

{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Mark Kemp|votes=1104|percentage={{Percentage|1104|5767|2}}}}
{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=James Hampton|votes=1033|percentage={{Percentage|1033|5767|2}}}}
{{Election box candidate minor party no change|color=#DDDDDD|party=Independent|candidate=Leo Cussons|votes=331|percentage={{Percentage|331|5767|2}}}}

{{Election box total valid no change|votes=5767|percentage=}}
{{Election box rejected no change|votes=13|percentage={{Percentage|13|3,173|2}}}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|reg. electors=5446}}
{{Election box turnout no change|votes=3173|percentage={{Percentage|3173|5446|2}}}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="3" |2021 Manx General Election: Rushen<ref>{{Cite web|title=General Election 2021: Rushen Result|url=https://www.soundradio.im/news/news_story_693544.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=the Sound}}</ref>
|-
|Party
|Candidate
|Votes
|-
|Independent
|Juan Watterson
|2384
|-
|Independent
|Michelle Haywood
|1386
|-
|Independent
|Mark Kemp
|1163
|-
|Manx Green Party
|Andrew Langan-Newton
|1109
|}

==Personal life==
Watterson has been married to Helena (née Perry) since March 2010, they have a daughter and son together and live in Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.

In December 2011 he infamously vomited on a public bus after attending his Department's ([[Department of Home Affairs (Isle of Man)]]) Christmas party, shortly after giving a talk about a need for a "responsible attitude" towards drinking over the festive period. This was featured in a January 2012 edition of [[Private Eye]], as a nominee of the "Don't Do What I Do, Do What I Say" Rotten Borough award. He later apologised for his "lapse of judgement" in "getting a little bit drunk".<ref name="private-eye">{{cite web| url = http://isleofman.com/News/details/14607/private-eye-highlights-minister-s-lapse-of-judgement-| title = Private Eye highlights Minister's "lapse of judgement" {{!}} Isle of Man News :: isleofman.com}}</ref>

==Publications==
''Tynwaldballs'' and ''Tynwaldballs 2'', two collections of quotes and gaffes from the Manx parliament.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{House of Keys 2011–2016}}
{{House of Keys 2016–2021}}
{{House of Keys 2021–}}

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[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts]]