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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] |
Saint Brélade
St. Brelade ( French: ''Saint Brélade'') is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is around west of St Helier. Its population was 10,568 as of 2011. The parish is the second-largest parish by surface area, covering 7,103 vergées (12.78 km2), which is 11% of the total land surface of the island and it occupies the southwestern part of the island. It is the only parish to border only one other parish, St. Peter. The parish is largely a suburban commuter area for St Helier, with expansive low rise residential development, especially in the urban area of Les Quennevais. However, the parish also has a number of notable natural sites, such as the sand dunes of St Ouen's Bay. History Its name is derived from a 6th-century Celtic or Welsh "wandering saint" named Branwalator or St. Brelade (also ''Branwallder'', ''Broladre'', ''Brelodre'', ''Brélade''), who is said to have been the son of the Cornish king, Kenen. He is also said to have been a disci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
