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2011 Jersey General Election
General elections were held in Jersey on 19 October 2011 to elect 45 members of the States Assembly. This was the first time Senators, Deputies and Constables were elected on a single day in Jersey. The number of members of the States of Jersey was reduced from 53 to 51. Six Senators who had been elected in 2008 for a period of six years did not face election in 2011. Nominations Nominations for candidates took place on 6 September at the Town Hall, St Helier, Jersey for the four Senatorial seats and at each parish hall on 7 September for the twelve Constable and twenty nine Deputy seats. Results Senators Deputies Constables Each Parish of the island of Jersey elects one Constable who is both a member of the States of Jersey and head of the Parish Municipality, the Constable acts at both national and regional political levels. The Constable is often referred to as the ''Father of the Parish''. For the first time since 1903 the position of Constable in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Assembly
The States Assembly (french: Assemblée des États; Jèrriais: ) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes. The origins of the legislature of Jersey lie in the system of self-government according to Norman law guaranteed to the Channel Islands by John, King of England, following the division of Normandy in 1204. The States Assembly has exercised uncontested legislative powers since 1771, when the concurrent law-making power of the Royal Court of Jersey was abolished. The Assembly passes and amends laws and regulations; approves the annual budget and taxation; appoints the chief minister, ministers and members of various committees and panels; debates matters proposed by the Council of Ministers, by individual States Members or by one of the committees or panels. Members are also able to ask questions to find out information and to hold ministers to account. Executive powers are exercised by a chief mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Green (Jersey Politician)
Deputy Andrew Green, MBE is a Jersey politician, and a member of the States of Jersey. Political career In 2011, Green was elected as Housing Minister, beating Deputy Geoff Southern by 36 votes to 15. In 2014, Green was nominated and elected as Health Minister A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ... He stood down from the States in the General Election of May 2018. Voluntary work Green is an unpaid chairman of the charity organisation Headway UK, and the Scott Gibaut Homes Trust, and he serves on the executive committee of the Jersey Scout Association.http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/AssemblyDeclarationsOfInterest/Green%20A.K.F.pdf References External links Living people Deputies of Jersey Government ministers of Jersey Year of birth missing (living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Le Main
Terry Le Main (born November 1939) is a former Jersey politician. Biography Terence John Le Main was born in November 1939 in Jersey. He was educated at Hautlieu Grammar School. Electoral history He was first elected to the States of Jersey as Deputy of Saint Helier No. 2 in 1978 (re-elected 1984). He was elected as Senator in 1994 and re-elected in 1990. In the 1996 Senatorial election he was ousted in 7th place with 9,578 votes. He then successfully stood for election is his former Deputorial seat in St Helier No. 2 in 1996, topping the poll with 669 votes, and topped the poll again in 1999 (782 votes) and was re-elected in 2002. He stood again as Senator in 2005 and was returned to the Senatorial benches in 4th place with 12,159 votes. Le Main elected not to stand as Senator in the 2011 Election but again contested the St Helier No. 2 District seeking election as a Deputy. He polled 593 votes, 101 behind Geoff Southern, and failed to gain election. Ministerial responsib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Southern
Geoff Southern is a Jersey politician, and former teacher. He has been a deputy in the States of Jersey since winning a by-election, on 15 February 2002, and has chaired two scrutiny panels. Biography Southern was born in Manchester. He graduated from the University of Surrey with a BSc (Hons) Metallurgy and French and had a career as a school teacher at Hautlieu School Jersey and as a homeless support worker. He is a former president of the Jersey branch of the National Union of Teachers. He is a fan of the American singer-songwriter Tom Waits. States of Jersey Southern is one of the founder members of Jersey's only political party, inaugurated to the States of Jersey on 4 July 2014, ''Reform Jersey''. Reform Jersey was originally set up in 2012 to campaign for reforms to Jersey's democratic system. In 2014, following the election to the States of Jersey of Reform Jersey's chairman Sam Mezec, and founding member Nick Le Cornu, the group decided to reconstitute as a political pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Pitman
Shona Pitman is a former Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ... politician who was first elected as a Deputy for St Helier in the Jersey general election of 2005. She lost her seat in January 2014 after being declared bankrupt. References Living people Deputies of Jersey Jersey women in politics 21st-century British women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Jersey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Martin (Jersey Politician)
Judy Martin is a Jersey politician who was first elected as a Deputy for St Helier in the Jersey by-election of 2000. She became an Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services in November 2011. She was appointed Minister for Social Security in May 2018. Political career New police headquarters Martin voiced opposition to the construction of a new HQ for the States of Jersey Police at the proposed Green Street car park site, suggesting it should be built elsewhere. In 2021, Martin joined the newly formed Jersey Alliance The Jersey Alliance is a centre-right party in Jersey, formed in 2021 by States Assembly deputy Gregory Guida to compete in the 2022 general election. From the party's founding in 2021 until the 2022 Jersey election, Jersey Alliance led the ... party. She left the party in 2022. References Living people Deputies of Jersey Jersey women in politics 21st-century British women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Government mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Pitman
Trevor Mark Pitman is a Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ... politician who was first elected as a Deputy for St Helier in the Jersey general election of 2008. Polictal career Pitman was elected as a Deputy for the parish of St Helier in 2008. At this time he was one of the Jersey Democratic Alliance's candidates. After losing a libel action regarding a satirical cartoon, Deputy Pitman was declared bankrupt in January 2013, which meant that he automatically lost his seat in the Assembly of the States of Jersey. References External links Trevor Pitman's blog Living people Deputies of Jersey Year of birth missing (living people) {{Jersey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Pinel
Susan Jane Pinel is a Jersey politician. She was a deputy in the States Assembly for St Clement between 2011 and 2022, the Minister for Social Security between 2014 and 2018, and the Minister for Treasury and Resources between 2018 and 2022. Early life Prior to entering politics, she worked in art restoration for the British royal family for eleven years, repairing miniature portraits which were damaged in the 1992 Windsor Castle fire. She received a Royal Warrant in 2001 for this work. Political career In the 2011 general election on 19 October 2011, Pinel received 1,314 votes and was elected with 50% of the vote, becoming one of two deputies elected to represent St Clement alongside Gerard Baudains. She was sworn into office on 14 November 2011. In November 2011, Pinel was one of Sir Philip Bailhache's nominators in the 2011 election of the Chief Minister of Jersey. She served as the Assistant Minister for Social Security from 2011 to 2014. Pinel was re-elected in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montfort Tadier
Deputy Montfort Tadier (born 28 November 1979) is a Jersey politician, and a member of the States of Jersey. Early life and education Montfort Tadier was born in the parish of St Helier in Jersey. He was brought up in St Brelade and educated in the island at La Moye Primary School, Les Quennevais and Hautlieu Secondary Schools, before gaining a BA(Hons) in Modern Languages from the University of Sheffield. Political career He was first elected in November 2008 as Deputy for the district of St Brelade No. 2, which consists of the vingtaines of La Moye and Les Quennevais. He gained one of the two seats in the district, coming second with 758 votes from a field of 8 candidates. He was re-elected in 2011 with a majority of 1,428 votes. Though the Jersey government does not operate a formal system of party politics (the vast majority of members having been elected as independents), he identifies himself with green, social-democratic and socialist politics. He is a foundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Power (Jersey)
Sean Seamus Patrick Dooley-Power" (born 1955) was a Deputy in the States of Jersey from 2005 to 2014, and was Housing Minister from 2010 to 2011. He was Deputy for District No. 2 in the parish of St Brélade, before seeking and failing to get elected to the senate in 2014. Biography Power was elected as a Member of the States of Jersey in November 2005, and was re-elected in 2008. He was born in 1955 in Limerick, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... He was elected Housing Minister in June 2010 but resigned in February 2011 after admitting breaching data protection laws. Power was a candidate for senator in the 2014 election, but failed to get elected. References Deputies of Jersey Living people 1955 births Jersey Roman Catholics People from L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Labey
Carolyn Fiona Labey is a Jersey politician who was first sworn in as a Deputy for Grouville on 12 December 2002. She was re-elected as Deputy in 2005, 2008 and 2011. She is Assistant Minister for Economic Development In the economics study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and o ... and Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment. Political career Labey was first elected as a Deputy in the parish of Grouville, in the Jersey general election of 2002 with 774 votes. She stood against one other candidate, Patricia Anne Picot, who achieved 397 votes. References External linksRecord of service to the States [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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