1940 Jersey election

Elections were held in Jersey on 30 August 1940. The island was occupied by the Germans from 1 July 1940 until the surrender of the German forces on 9 May 1945. During this time, there was one election, held soon after the occupation began. The result installed puppet leader Edward Campbell as a front for the German administration, which was centered around the department of Manche, a French department in Normandy. ^[1] Also standing was Thomas Jenkins. ^[2]

The election was unique in that only two candidates stood to represent the entire island. ^[2] The post voted for was short-lived, and the Nazis removed it in 1942 to little reaction from the islanders. Campbell returned to his suffering business. name="Schwan">Schwan, C. Fredrick (1995). World War II Remembered: History in Your Hands, a Numismatic Study. BNR Press.</ref>

Candidates

• Edward Campbell was a businessman in his mid fifties, and considerably more experienced than his opponent, a fact which he exploited to win over 70% of the vote
• Thomas Jenkins was a politician from Jersey, after losing he escaped the island and joined the army in England, and fought the Axis powers in North Africa. He received 30% of the vote. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. The German Occupation of the Channel Islands, Cruickshank, London 1975 ISBN   0-19-285087-3
2. Carr, Gillian (2014). Legacies of Occupation: Heritage, Memory and Archaeology in the Channel Islands. Springer Science & Business. pp. 25–32. ISBN   9783319034072 . Retrieved 2015-04-12.
3. Forty, George (2002). Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark. Leo Cooper.
4. Matthews, David. Islands at war: The Channel Islands' response to invasion. Jersey Heritage Trust.