Wendy Kinnard (born 23 March 1959) is a former Senator of
Jersey, and was the island's Home Affairs Minister from 2005 until 2008.
Biography
Jersey-born Kinnard gained a BA (Hons) in applied Applied Social Sciences, and a Dip.H.E. in Social and Environmental Problems from the
Open University.
She has been past chairwoman of Jersey Women’s Refuge, involved in Jersey Women’s Aid, a member of Network against Abuse and Violence in the Home, a trustee of the Spring Trust, a past member of the Youth Panel 1993-1996
She is a member of Liberty and the Open University Alumni Association.
She was first elected to the
States of Jersey
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in 1996, gaining a Senatorial seat in fourth place at her first attempt at election.
She was President of the Legislation Committee (from 1999), and vice-president of Home Affairs, taking over the Presidency of that Committee in 2002 after
Alastair Layzell
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failed to be re-elected to the States.
She was nominated to the position of Home Affairs Minister on December 5, 2005 following the
2005 Jersey elections
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by the newly elected
Chief Minister of Jersey.
On 1 June 2007, she announced that she would not be seeking re-election when her current mandate ended in 2008. On 21 October 2008 she resigned her ministerial post.
References
Sources
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Jersey Evening Post
*Election Manifesto
Information from States of Jersey
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1959 births
Living people
Government ministers of Jersey
Alumni of the Open University
Senators of Jersey
Women government ministers of Jersey
20th-century British women politicians
21st-century British women politicians