Career
Finnegan hosts the television show Mek Wave and Lik Road. Beginning in 1969 a teenaged Finnegan – then still known as Michael Myvett – was an anti-Vietnam War protestor affiliated with the Ad Hoc Committee for the Truth About Vietnam co-founded by future Prime Minister Said Musa. Finnegan already had a reputation as a gifted street campaigner by this time.
Finnegan worked as a UDP activist throughout the rest of the 1970s and 1980s.
Finnegan was first elected to the Belize House of Representatives from the Belize City-based Mesopotamia constituency, a safe UDP seat, in 1993. Finnegan was one of only two UDP House members re-elected in 1998 (current Prime Minister Dean Barrow was the other) and one of only three successful UDP candidates nationwide.
Finnegan has been re-elected with at least 60 percent of the vote in every election since. In the Belize House Finnegan is noted for his lively, uncensored debate style as well as his liberal use of Belizean Creole.
Shyne is the child of Finnegan"s sister, Frances Imeon Myvett, and Dean Barrow.
Shyne was deported to Belize in 2009 after serving nearly a decade in prison in the United States due to his role in a 1999 nightclub shooting in New York City. There had been speculation an ailing Finnegan may stand down at the 2015 general election. In March 2015 Finnegan told Tropical Vision Limited that he was "worn" and considering retirement.
However, in September 2015 Finnegan confirmed he was running for re-election.
Former Belize City Mayor Zenaida Moya may seek to succeed Finnegan in Mesopotamia should he stand down in the future. Finnegan was successfully treated for prostate cancer in 2010.
He underwent spinal surgery in the United States in 2014.