- Wendy Kinnard
Senator Wendy Kinnard is the current
Home Affairs Minister ofJersey .Biography
Wendy Kinnard was born on
23 March 1959, Jersey.From the
Open University , she gained a BA (Hons) in applied Applied Social Sciences, and a Dip.H.E. in Social and Environmental Problems.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 a member of 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. [Jersey Evening Post, 1 June 2007]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 her current position on
December 5 2005 following theJersey elections, 2005 by the newly electedChief Minister of Jersey .On 1 June 2007, she announced that she would not be seeking re-election when her current mandate ends in 2008.
References
Sources
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Jersey Evening Post
*Election Manifesto
* [http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/show_details.asp?id_number=xxx Information from States of Jersey]
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