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Sam Mézec
Samuel Yves Mézec (born 26 December 1990) is a Jersey politician who is the leader of Reform Jersey. He has been a member of the States Assembly since 2014, serving as both a Deputy and later as a Senator. Political career Mézec was elected as the Deputy for the St. Helier No. 2 district after winning that seat in a by-election on 5 March 2014. He held the seat in the general election held later that year on 15 October. He co-founded and, until June 2019, was the Chairman of Reform Jersey, one of the island's political parties. He stood in the Senatorial by-election held on 7 September 2016 but came second to Sarah Ferguson. Mézec was elected as Senator in the 2018 general election with 40.8% of the popular vote, and on the 3rd of July 2018, he was the first politician to take on the combined role of Minister of Children and Housing. After two and half years in government, on the 8th of November 2020 Mézec resigned from his Ministerial role to support a vote of no confid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform Jersey
Reform Jersey is a centre-left social democracy, social-democratic political party in Jersey. In all general elections since 2014, Reform has won the most seats of any party in the States Assembly. However, it has not won a majority of seats in any general election due to the large number of Independent (politician), independents in the Assembly. Reform was initially founded as a pressure group in 2012 to campaign for electoral reform in the run up to the 2013 Jersey electoral reform referendum, 2013 electoral reform referendum. It first stood candidates for election in the 2014 Jersey by-elections, 2014 by-elections, where it won two seats. It officially registered as a political party in July 2014 to compete in the 2014 Jersey general election, 2014 general election. Reform has gained seats in every subsequent general election, but has never won a majority. It was initially a junior Coalition government, coalition partner in the John_Le_Fondré#Premiership, Le Fondré governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |