Guy de Faye (born 1955) is a former

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, and former member of the

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who was first elected in 2002 as Deputy, and re-elected in 2005. He was

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's first Minister for Transport and Technical Services

Biography

Guy de Faye was born in

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, Jersey Guy de Faye Website information
:Retrieved 31 July 2007 in 1955. He was educated at Grouville Primary School, then at Victoria College Preparatory, and at Victoria College. He gained a BA (Hons) degree in

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from

Kingston University , mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress" , established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute , type = Public , endowment = £2.3 m (2015) , ...

(Surrey). He was a president of Kingston Polytechnic Student Union. He worked for eight years as a reporter for

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, then worked as States commentator for

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, the

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before moving to the

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where he worked for ITN World News

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's "Europe Today" and finally as the English language commentator on

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24 hour.

Electoral history

Ministerial Elections

He defeated

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Leonard Norman for the position of Transport and Technical Services minister in a vote of the States Assembly in Dec 2005.

Senator Elections

De Faye ran unsuccessfully for Senator in 2002 Jersey general election results 2002 finishing 7th of the candidates, and again in 2005 Jersey general election results 2005 when he received 4,994 votes finishing 12th of the fifteen candidates.

Deputy Elections

He served as

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for

number 3 & 4 district, a position he was first elected to in 2002 with 1,191 votes polling 4th of seven candidates and he held his seat in the 2005 elections where he polled 836 votes finishing 4th of the seven candidates. He was defeated in the

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, coming 9th of eleven candidates with 359 votes. He ran again in the

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for Grouville and St Martin., coming last of six candidates with 491 votes.

References

Government ministers of Jersey Jersey journalists Living people ITN newsreaders and journalists 1955 births People educated at Victoria College, Jersey People from Saint Helier Alumni of Kingston University Deputies of Jersey {{jersey-bio-stub