Geraint Jennings (born 13 May 1966) is a

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 ...

member of Municipality of St Helier and

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Biography

Born in

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, he was educated at Victoria College Preparatory and

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. He graduated from

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with a Master of Arts (Oxon) in

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. Further studies include a Licenciate Diploma in TESOL from Trinity College, London. He is fluent in

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. His interests include art and illustration. He is the

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for the parish of St Helier.

Jèrriais

He is a teacher of Jèrriais and strongly active in the Société Jersiaise, which is a group dedicated to maintaining Jersey's language, history and culture. He created Les Pages Jèrriaises, and currently maintains them. He is the resident Jèrriais reporter for the

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and Parish Matters. In 2007, he won first place "for the best short story in Norman" at the Fête Nouormande in Bricquebec for his story entitled "La frontchièthe". He won first place again in 2008 for his story entitled "Feu et feunmée". He has worked on the translation of Lewis Carroll's story

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, which was published in 2012, as ''L'Travèrs Du Mitheux Et Chein Qu'Alice Y Dêmuchit''.

Politics

Jennings became politically active as a member of the

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. After it disbanded he acted as an

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Parish municipality

He was elected to the Municipality of the Parish of St Helier in 1996 as a member of the

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and was re-elected in 1999, 2002 and 2005. In his role he masterminded the parish cycling strategy.

Candidacy for Jersey elections

Jennings has stood for election in the States of Jersey on seven occasions, but not elected:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jennings, Geraint 1966 births Living people Municipality members of Jersey People from Saint Helier Jersey writers Jersey journalists Alumni of University College, Oxford People educated at Christ's Hospital