Jersey general election, 2008

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The 2008 elections in Jersey will take place in two stages in October and November 2008. A referendum will also be held.

Contents 1 Constable Election 1.1 St Clement 1.2 St Helier 1.3 St Lawrence 1.4 St Mary 1.5 St Peter 2 Senatorial election 3 Affiliations 4 Deputy Elections 5 Referendum 6 Voting age reduced 7 References

[edit] Constable Election

For the first time since 1948 the elections of Constables for the twelve parishes of Jersey have been synchronised so that polling, where necessary, will take place on the same day as the Senatorials on 15 October 2008, in accordance with the Connétables (Jersey) Law 2008 (registered 28 March 2008).

At Assemblies of Electors held in nine parishes on 17 September 2008 (the Constables of the other parishes declined to stand down to recontest their seats, preferring to serve out their full term so that the provisions of the law will apply to the next mandate from 2011^[1]), Constables in five parishes were returned unopposed: St Brelade, St Martin, St Ouen, Trinity and St Saviour.^[2]

[edit] St Clement

Sitting Constable Derek Gray is not seeking re-election. Candidates nominated are Senator Len Norman, Deputy Gerard Baudains and Centenier Edgar Wallis.

[edit] St Helier

Following his 2008 re-election, Simon Crowcroft declared that he would not stand down to fight a second election in 10 months, despite speculation that he would fight a Senatorial campaign with a view to becoming Chief Minister.^[3]

[edit] St Lawrence

Candidates nominated are Deputy Deidre Mezbourian and Chef de Police Tim Tindall.

[edit] St Mary

Sitting Constable Ken Le Brun is standing down. ^[4] Candidates nominated are Deputy Juliette Gallichan and Chef de Police Terry Renouf.

[edit] St Peter

Candidates nominated are Deputy Collin Egré and Procureur du Bien Public John Refault

[edit] Senatorial election

The 2008 Senatorial election will take place on 15 October 2008. The election is island wide and there are six seats available.

At the Assembly of Electors held in Saint Helier on 16 September 2008, 21 candidates were nominated.^[5]

• Alan Breckon
• Cliff Le Clercq
• Nick Le Cornu
• Sarah Ferguson
• Mark Forskitt
• Mike Higgins
• Alan Maclean
• Jeremy Maçon
• Ian Le Marquand
• Philip Ozouf
• Nick Palmer
• Mick Pashley
• Chris Perkins
• Trevor Pitman
• Paul Routier
• Geoff Southern
• Montfort Tadier
• Peter Troy
• Mike Vibert
• Adrian Walsh
• Daniel Wimberly

This is the largest field of candidates in a Senatorial election since 1999.

Three sitting Senators are not seeking re-election in 2008:

• Wendy Kinnard
• Frank Walker
• Len Norman (confirmed June 2008 his intention to stand for Constable of St. Clement^[6])

The following candidates are sitting Senators seeking re-election:

• Philip Ozouf
• Paul Routier
• Mike Vibert

The following candidates are sitting Deputies seeking an Islandwide mandate:

• Alan Breckon
• Sarah Ferguson
• Alan Maclean
• Peter Troy
• Geoff Southern

[edit] Affiliations

Candidates have declared the following political affiliations:

• Deputy Geoff Southern and Trevor Pitman are candidates of the Jersey Democratic Alliance^[7]
• Nick Le Cornu and Montfort Tadier are members of Time4Change/Reform

[edit] Deputy Elections

The 2008 election for Deputies will take place on 26 November 2008.^[8]

[edit] Referendum

A referendum on the question Do you think that Jersey should adopt Central European Time?^[9] will be put to voters on the same day as the Senatorial election.^[10]

[edit] Voting age reduced

The 2008 general election will be the first in which 16- and 17-year-old voters will take part, following a law to reduce voting age to 16. The law was brought into force on 12 March 2008, with effect from 1 April 2008.^[11]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/7622777.stm
2. ^ http://www.thisisjersey.com/2008/09/18/elections-for-four-constables-seats/
3. ^ http://www.thisisjersey.com/2008/08/15/i-wont-be-chief-minister/
4. ^ Gallichan looks for St Mary promotion » Election 2008 » News » This Is Jersey
5. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/content/articles/2008/09/16/vote08_senatorial_candidates_feature.shtml
6. ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Jersey | First constable candidate named
7. ^ http://www.thisisjersey.com/2008/09/15/senatorial-candidates-to-stand-under-jda-banner/
8. ^ Electoral Calendar-international elections world elections
9. ^ States Of Jersey
10. ^ BBC - Jersey - My Island - A referendum on time
11. ^ 16-year-olds able to vote this year, Jersey Evening Post 13 March 2008

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