Geraint Jennings (born 13 May 1966)[1] is a Jersey member of Municipality of St Helier and linguist.
Geraint Jennings | |
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| Municipality of St Helier, Jersey | |
| Assumed office Dec 1996 | |
| Constituency | St Helier, Jersey |
| Majority | Unopposed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1966 St Helier, Jersey |
| Political party | Jersey Green Party |
Biography
Born in Saint Helier, he was educated at Victoria College Preparatory and Christ's Hospital. He graduated from University College, Oxford with a Master of Arts (Oxon) in Modern Languages. Further studies include a Licenciate Diploma in TESOL from Trinity College, London. He is fluent in Russian. His interests include art and illustration. He is the Procureur du Bien Public for the parish of St Helier.
Jèrriais
He is a teacher of Jèrriais and strongly active in the Société Jersiaise, which is a group dedicated to maintaining Jersey's language, history and culture.
He created Les Pages Jèrriaises, and currently maintains them. He is the resident Jèrriais reporter for the Jersey Evening Post and Parish Matters.
In 2007, he won first place "for the best short story in Norman" at the Fête Nouormande in Bricquebec for his story entitled "La frontchièthe".[2] He won first place again in 2008 for his story entitled "Feu et feunmée".[3]
He has worked on the translation of Lewis Carroll's story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which was published in 2012, as L'Travèrs Du Mitheux Et Chein Qu'Alice Y Dêmuchit.[4]
Politics
Jennings became politically active as a member of the Jersey Green Party. After it disbanded he acted as an independent.
Parish municipality
He was elected to the Municipality of the Parish of St Helier in 1996 as a member of the Roads Committee and was re-elected in 1999, 2002 and 2005. In his role he masterminded the parish cycling strategy.
Candidacy for Jersey elections
Jennings has stood for election in the States of Jersey on seven occasions, but not elected:
| Date | Election | District | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Election for Deputy | Trinity | ||
| October 1993 | Senatorial election | (Island-wide) | Green Party | 2,793[5] |
| November 1993 | By-election for Deputy | St Helier district 3&4 | ||
| November 1996 | Election for Deputy | St Helier district 3&4 | 568[5] | |
| February 1999 | Senatorial by-election | (Island-wide) | 440[5] | |
| October 2002 | Senatorial election | (Island-wide) | 4,667[1] | |
| November 2002 | Election for Deputy | St Helier district 3&4 | 486[6] |
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