Wendy Kinnard (born 23 March 1959) is a former Senator of

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the l ...

, 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 The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...

. 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 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 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 by the newly elected

Chief Minister of Jersey The Chief Minister of Jersey (french: Premier/ère Ministre de Jersey; nrf, label= Jèrriais, Chef Minnistre dé Jèrri) is the head of government of Jersey, leading the Council of Ministers, which makes up part of the Government of Jersey. T ...

. 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.

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Jersey Evening Post The ''Jersey Evening Post'' (''JEP'') is a local newspaper published six days a week in the Bailiwick of Jersey. It was printed in broadsheet format for 87 years, though it is now of compact ( tabloid) size. Its strapline is: "At the heart of ...

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