The Chief Minister of Guernsey chaired the Policy Council, which consists of the heads of each of the ten departments of the States of Guernsey. Guernsey operates a system of consensus, committees-based government. The Policy Council is explicitly not a cabinet and has relatively little executive authority compared to a cabinet; instead, its main function is policy co-ordination. The Chief Minister also spoke for the island externally in political matters. This post was created following the Machinery of Government review which came into effect on 1 May 2004. The rules for selection of the Chief Minister were amended in 2012 immediately prior to the election of a new Chief Minister; prior to this change candidates for the post needed to have served four or more of the last eight years as a deputy to qualify for the role. Deputy Harwood would have been unable to stand for the role of Chief Minister under the previous rules. The position and title Chief Minister was abolished from 1 May 2016, along with the ministerial government system. It has been replaced by a senior committee

Policy and Resources Committee The Policy & Resources Committee is the Senior Committee of the system of government in Guernsey. It was created on 1 May 2016 to replace the Policy Council of Guernsey. Guernsey generally operates a system of government by committees and cons ...

List of heads of government of Guernsey

Election of 2004

The first post holder was Deputy

Laurie Morgan Laurie Morgan (17 December 1930 – 18 January 2018) was a Deputy of the States of Guernsey. He was Guernsey's first Chief Minister and was elected to the post in May 2004. His term of office was due to expire in 2008, when the next General Elec ...

who was elected by the States in their first meeting of May 2004 and beat Deputy Bernard Flouquet, who was elected Deputy Chief Minister, and Deputy Mike Torode. It was announced 31 January 2007, 'that the Chief' Minister and the Policy Council were to resign following an independent audit into the tender process for a hospital block.

Election of 2007

The election of a new Chief Minister to replace Laurie Morgan took place at a meeting of the States on 5 March 2007. Laurie Morgan announced that he would not be seeking re-election. Four candidates contested the position: Deputies Jonathan Le Tocq,

Bernard Flouquet Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French language, French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" an ...

Mike Torode Michael W. Torode was the second Chief Minister of Guernsey. He was voted in by the States of Deliberation on 5 March 2007 and his term expired on 30 April 2008. Torode succeeded Laurie Morgan following the Fallagate scandal that led to the who ...

and

Peter Roffey Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

. In the final round of voting Deputy Mike Torode beat Deputy Peter Roffey by 24 votes to 22. Deputy Torode did not seek reelection in 2008, and Deputy

Lyndon Trott Lyndon Trott (born 17 July 1964, St. Sampson, Guernsey) is an elected Deputy in the States of Guernsey and served as the Chief Minister of Guernsey from 2008 to 2012. Political appointments Deputy Trott has been a deputy in the States of Guer ...

was elected by the States to the post of Chief Minister, defeating the following other candidates: Bernard Flouquet, Al Brouard, Hunter Adam, Carla McNulty Bauer and David de Lisle.

Election of 2012

The election of a new Chief Minister to replace

took place at a meeting of the States on 1 May 2012.

, Jonathan Le Tocq and

Peter Harwood Peter Andrew Harwood is a Guernsey lawyer and politician who was the Chief Minister of Guernsey from 1 May 2012 until 25 February 2014. Harwood was born in Guernsey in 1947, and educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and University of Southampt ...

all expressed interest in the position, but only Deputies Harwood and Le Tocq were nominated. In the final round of voting Deputy

beat Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq by 27 votes to 20.

Election of 2014

The resignation of Deputy

as Chief Minister on 25 February caused an election that was held on 12 March 2014. Nominations opened at 9am on 27 February and closed at 5pm on 6 March. Jonathan Le Tocq was elected. The position of Chief Minister was abolished from 1 May 2016.

Deputies

Heidi Soulsby Heidi Soulsby is a British politician from the island of Guernsey. She has been a deputy of the States of Guernsey since the 2012 Guernsey general election and is the First female Deputy Chief Minister of Guernsey. Education Soulsby graduated ...

is the first female Deputy Chief Minister of Guernsey.

References

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