Laurie Morgan (17 December 1930 – 18 January 2018) was a Deputy of the

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. He was

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's first

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and was elected to the post in May 2004. His term of office was due to expire in 2008, when the next General Election was due. It was announced on 31 January 2007 that the Chief Minister and the Policy Council were to resign. Morgan was born in

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in 1930. He was first elected as a Deputy on 29 June 1988, and then went on to serve as a Conseiller until the post was abolished in 2000. He was re-elected as a Deputy for St. Peter Port in 2000. In 2004, the electoral districts were redefined and Morgan was re-elected to represent the electoral district of

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. His wife, Wendy Morgan, serves as a Deputy for

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and as Deputy Minister for Education. On 5 March 2007, Deputy

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 ...

was elected to succeed Laurie Morgan as Chief Minister.

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