Wendy Kinnard

Senator Wendy Kinnard is the current Home Affairs Minister of Jersey.

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.

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 the Jersey elections, 2005 by the newly elected Chief Minister of Jersey.

On 1 June 2007, she announced that she would not be seeking re-election when her current mandate ends in 2008

Her daughter Jessica Harris gained entry to Magdalen College in 2006 to read History. She also pulled Andrew Hilland.

Sources

• Jersey Evening Post
• Election Manifesto
• Information from States of Jersey