Jersey general election, 2011

Jersey general election, 2011
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view · States of Jersey will be held in Jersey on 19 October 2011, and for the first time Senators, Deputies and Constables will be elected on a single day in Jersey.[1] This will reduce the number of members of the States of Jersey from 53 to 51. Six Senators were elected in 2008 for a period of six years and will not face election in 2011.

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Nominations

Electoral Assembly, 6 September 2011: nominations for Senator

Nominations for candidates took place on 6 September at the Town Hall, St Helier, Jersey for the four Senatorial seats and at each parish hall on the 7th September for the twelve Constable and twenty nine Deputy seats.[2]

Senatorial elections

Nominated Candidates

The 13 candidates for Senator

The following candidates (listed in alphabetical order) are candidates for the four seats[3]

Incumbents

Prior to the October elections, there are six incumbents.

Deputy Elections

St Helier

St Helier will return ten deputies in total to the States of Jersey, three from district one, three from district two and four from districts three and four.

District One

Nominations, 7 September 2011: candidates for Deputy, Saint Helier 1

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Paul Le Claire
  • Deputy Trevor Pitman
  • Deputy Judy Martin
  • Mary O'Keeffe-Burgher
  • Keith Shaw
  • James Baker
  • Nick Le Cornu
  • Gino Risoli

Incumbents

District Two

Nominations, 7 September 2011: candidates for Deputy, Saint Helier 2

Nominated Candidates

  • Rod Bryans
  • Deputy Geoff Southern
  • Deputy Shona Pitman
  • Deputy Debbie De Sousa
  • Bernard Manning
  • Senator Terry Le Main
  • Hugh Rammond

Incumbents

District Three & Four

Nominations, 7 September 2011: candidates for Deputy, Saint Helier 3 & 4

Nominated Candidates

  • Denise Carroll MBE
  • Deputy Andrew Green
  • Deputy Mike Higgins
  • Deputy Jackie Hilton
  • Richard Rondel
  • Ray Shead
  • Ted Vibert
  • Suzette Hase

Incumbents

  • Deputy Jackie Hilton
  • Deputy Andrew Green
  • Deputy Mike Higgins
  • Deputy Ben Fox

St Saviour

District One

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Jeremy Macon
  • Deputy Rob Duhamel
  • Isabella Lewis
  • Hedi Green

District Two

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Tracey Vallois
  • Deputy Kevin Lewis
  • Shelley Rose

District Three

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Roy Le Hérissier
  • Charlie Gouyet

St Brelade

St Brelade will return three deputies to the States of Jersey, two from district two and one from district one.

District One

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Angela Jeune
  • Jeff Hathaway
  • Margaret Holland Prior
  • John Young

Incumbent

  • Deputy Angela Jeune

District Two

Nominated Candidates

  • Mervyn Le Masurier
  • Deputy Montfort Tadier
  • Deputy Sean Power

Incumbents

  • Deputy Montfort Tadier
  • Deputy Sean Power

St Clement

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Anne Dupré
  • Peter Ward
  • Susie Pinel
  • David Cabeldu
  • Gerard Baudains
  • Simon Brée

St Lawrence

  • Deputy John Le Fondré (Elected unopposed)
  • Deputy Eddie Noel (Elected unopposed)

St Peter

Wayne Le Marquand election transport

Nominated Candidates

  • Kristina Moore
  • Wayne Le Marquand

St John

Nominated Candidates

  • Andrew Lewis
  • Patrick Ryan
  • David Ward

Trinity

  • Deputy Anne Pryke (Elected unopposed)

St Martin

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Bob Hill
  • Steve Luce

Grouville

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy Carolyn Labey
  • Dominic Jones

St Ouen

Nominated Candidates

  • Deputy James Reed
  • Chris Lamy
  • Alan Le Quesne
  • Cliff Le Clercq

St Mary

Nominated Candidates

  • Ray Cooper
  • John Le Bailly
  • David Johnson

Constable Elections

Each Parish of the island of Jersey elects one Constable who is both a member of the States of Jersey and head of the Parish Municipality, the Constable acts at both national and regional political levels. The Constable is often referred to as the Father of the Parish.

St Helier

Simon Crowcroft, being interviewed by BBC Jersey following his re-election unopposed at the Electoral Assembly, 7 September 2011

St Saviour

St Brelade

St Clement

St Lawrence

St Peter

St John

Trinity

St Martin

Grouville

St Ouen

For the first time since 1903 the position of Constable in the Parish of St Ouen will be contested following the decision of incumbent Ken Vibert to stand down.[15]

Candidates

  • Michael Paddock
  • Richard Renouf

St Mary

Ministerial Elections

Ministerial Elections are the first item on the agenda of the States of Jersey following the election. The elections are decided by the votes of the 51 members who will constitute the States of Jersey.

The first election is for the position of Chief Minister, one candidate Senator Ian Le Marquand has declared[16]

The Chief Minister will then nominate nine further members as Ministers and they may face a vote if the members chose to nominate an alternate candidate.

Municipal Elections

Municipal elections will take place in November 2011 for the election of Procureur du Bien Public, Roads Inspectors, Rates Assessors, Honorary Police, Roads Committee & Accounts Committee. These elections are generally uncontested.

References

  1. ^ "Jersey will have a single election day in October 2011". BBC News. 2010-06-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/jersey/hi/people_and_places/the_states/newsid_8757000/8757058.stm. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  2. ^ "Vote.je Jersey Government election information site". States of Jersey. http://www.vote.je/how-to-stand/. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  3. ^ Anon (2011 [last update]). "Senator Candidates - Jersey Elections 2011 - channelonline.tv". channelonline.tv. http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline%5Felections2011/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=495945. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Ex-Bailiff to Stand for Senator". Jersey Evening Post. 2011-07-11. http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/07/11/ex-bailiff-to-stand-for-senator/. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  5. ^ Anon (2011 [last update]). "Cohen: Hate-mongers won’t stop me standing". thisisjersey.com. http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/09/05/cohen-hate-mongers-wont-stop-me-standing/. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  6. ^ Querée, Ben (23 August 2011). "What's important is the work behind the scenes with horse trading and deal making". Jersey Evening Post. http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/08/23/whats-important-is-the-work-behind-the-scenes-with-horse-trading-and-deal-making/. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  7. ^ "Lyndon Farnham". 2011. http://lyndonfarnham.je/. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  8. ^ "Deputy Monfort Tadier Blog". Deputy Monfort Tadier. http://mtadier.blogspot.com/2011/07/latest-candidate-declares-for-senator.html. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  9. ^ "Ben Queree Political Column". Jersey Evening Post. http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/07/12/the-senatorial-election-is-pretty-much-over-already/. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  10. ^ "Candidate asks Islanders to write his manifesto". Jersey Evening Post. 2011-09-03. ; and "Darius Pearce election website". http://www.dariuspearce.com/. Retrieved 2011-09-04. 
  11. ^ "Stuart Syvret loses appeal at Jersey Royal Court". BBC News. 8 August 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-14444352. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  12. ^ "Jersey politician not seeking re-election". BBC News. 26 August 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-14682943. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  13. ^ "Senator says he will not seek an island-wide mandate". BBC News. 19 August 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-14583132. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  14. ^ "Senator Jim Perchard to leave the States of Jersey". BBC News. 24 August 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-14634388. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  15. ^ "St Ouen to hold first election for Constable for a century". Jersey Evening Post. 2011-07-26. http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/07/26/st-ouen-to-hold-first-election-for-constable-in-a-century/. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 
  16. ^ "Le Marquand to stand for Chief Minister". Jersey Evening Post. 2011-07-27. http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/07/27/le-marquand-to-stand-for-chief-minister/. Retrieved 2011-08-02. 

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