Peter Craine was a politician from the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 and an MHK for Douglas South

Douglas South

Douglas South is a House of Keys constituency in Douglas, Isle of Man. It elects 2 MHKs.-MHKs & Elections:-External links:*...

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He was originally with the party Mec Vannin

Mec Vannin

is a political party operating in the Isle of Man. Formed in 1962, it seeks to revoke the status of Man as a British self-governing Crown dependency and establish a completely sovereign state, which would be a republic....

. In the 1976 election they put up ten candidates. Only Peter Craine was successful. He remains to this day the only Mec Vannin MHK

Member of the House of Keys

Member of the House of Keys, or MHK is the title given to a person who has been elected into the House of Keys, the lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man. There are twenty-four Members of the House of Keys. Elections are held every five years; the last election took place in...

 there has ever been, although several ex-members have gone on to become MHKs.

Craine subsequently left Mec Vannin, joining the short-lived breakaway Manx National Party

Manx National Party

The first Manx National Party was a party that identified itself with the UK Conservatives. They were active in the period between World War I and World War II in opposing the activities of the Manx Labour Party. However, unlike the Manx Labour Party, they were unsuccessful in establishing...

which was formed in 1977 and when Craine stopped being an MHK in 1981 the Manx National Party soon ceased to exist.