Sarah Craig Ferguson ( – 14 September 2022) was a

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politician. Sarah studied at

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, graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering and took her MBA at Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York City, majoring in Finance and accountancy with a minor in marketing. She worked in manufacturing, retail, finance, compliance but spent the major part of her career in finance concluding as a Senior banking supervisor at the Financial Services Commission. In her spare time she also served as a Constables Officer and later as a Centenier in St Brelade. . She was a member of the

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since 2002, and was sworn in as a Senator in November 2008. She lost her seat in 2014. In 2016, she was re-elected to the Assembly in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Senator

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. Ferguson died on 14 September 2022, at the age of 80.

Education

She was educated at the

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, and

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Political career

Ferguson was first sworn into the States on 12 December 2002 as a Deputy for St Brelade. She was re-elected in 2005, and elected as a Senator for the first time in 2008. She lost her seat in the

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. She was returned to office in September 2016 to complete Senator Cameron's term through to May 2018.

References

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