Senator Wendy Kinnard was Home Affairs Minister of Jersey

Jersey

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

 2005-2008.

Biography

Wendy Kinnard was born on 23 March 1959, Jersey.

From the Open University

Open University

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, 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

States of Jersey

The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court 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

Alastair Layzell

Alastair Layzell is an independent television producer who started his career as a reporter for Channel Television and later served nine years as a deputy of the States of Jersey, becoming President of the Home Affairs Committee, President of the Jersey Transport Authority and Vice-president of...

 failed to be re-elected to the States.

She was nominated to the position of Home Affairs Minister on December 5, 2005 following the Jersey elections, 2005

Jersey elections, 2005

Elections were held in 2005 for both Senators and Deputies to the States of Jersey.-Senator Elections:The elections for Senator were held on 19 October 2005. 6 seats were available...

 by the newly elected Chief Minister of Jersey

Chief Minister of Jersey

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On 1 June 2007, she announced that she would not be seeking re-election when her current mandate ends in 2008. On 21 October 2008 she resigned her ministerial post.

Sources

• Jersey Evening Post
  Jersey Evening Post
  The Jersey Evening Post is a regional 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 size. Its motto is: "At the heart of island life".-History:The Evening Post was founded in 1890 by H.P...
  
  
• Election Manifesto
• Information from States of Jersey