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 |
Geraint Jennings (born 13 May 1966) [1] is a Jersey member of Municipality of St Helier and linguist.
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.
He is a teacher of Jèrriais and strongly active in the SociétéJersiaise,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]
Jennings became politically active as a member of the Jersey Green Party. After it disbanded he acted as an independent.
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.
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] |
Jersey is the most populated of the crown dependencies and of the Channel Islands. The Demographic statistics of the island includes population density,ethnicity,education level,health of the populace,economic status,religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
St Helier is the capital of Jersey,the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St Helier has a population of 35,822 –over one-third of the total population of Jersey –and is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey. The town of St Helier is the largest settlement and only town of Jersey. The town consists of the built-up areas of St Helier,including First Tower,and parts of the parishes of St Saviour and St Clement,with further suburbs in surrounding parishes. The greater part of St Helier is rural.
Jèrriais is a Romance language and the traditional language of the Jersey people. It is a form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey,an island in the Channel Islands archipelago off the coast of France. Its closest relatives are the other Norman languages,such as Guernésiais,spoken in neighbouring Guernsey,and the other langues d'oïl.
Helier was a 6th-century ascetic hermit. He is the patron saint of Jersey in the Channel Islands,and in particular of the town and parish of Saint Helier,the island's capital. He is also invoked as a healing saint for diseases of the skin and eyes.
Although the politics of Jersey has been largely based on independent parliamentary representatives,from time to time the island has had political parties. There are currently 3 active political parties in the island.
Jèrriais literature is literature in Jèrriais,the Norman dialect of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
St Saviour is a parish of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is located directly east of St Helier. It has a population of 13,580. It has a land surface area of 3.6 square miles and has a very small coastline at Le Dicq.
St Clement is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. Its parish hall is around 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) south-east of St Helier. The parish has a population of 9,221 and is the second most densely populated.
St John is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey and is around 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) north of St Helier on the north coast of the island. It has a surface area of 8.7 km2. St John's Village is also the name of the main village in the parish.
St Mary is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey,Channel Islands. It is 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) north-west of St Helier. It is the smallest parish by surface area,with an area of 3,604 vergées (6.5 km2). The parish is rural,with a low population of only 1,818 in 2021,with a single sparse village. It borders four other parishes:St Ouen,St John,St Peter and St Lawrence (;
St Ouen is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is around 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) north-west of St Helier. It has a population of 4,097. The parish is the largest parish by surface area,covering 8,525 vergées (15 km2),and is located in part on a peninsula.
St Lawrence is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is located 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of St Helier. The parish covers 5,258 vergées (9.5 km2) and occupies the centre of the Island. St Lawrence Village is also the name of a village in the parish.
Gorey is a village in the parishes of St Martin and Grouville on the east coast of Jersey. The harbour is one of the three main harbours of the island,and is located in St Martin. The main centre of the village is located at Gorey Pier near Mont Orgeuil Castle,a 13th century fortification,in St Martin,while there is a small community with a few shops and restaurants. The church in the village is known as Gouray Church.
The parishes of Jersey are the civil and religious administrative districts of Jersey in the Channel Islands. All have access to the sea and share a name with their ancient parish churches. The parishes and roles within them are based on ancient Jersey law,drawing from the Norman customary law system. As such,many of the parish roles and structures have often been ill-defined.
Sir Robert Pipon Marett was a lawyer,journalist,poet,politician,and Bailiff of Jersey from 1880 until his death.
A Parish Assembly in Jersey is the decision-making body of local government,comprising ratepayers and electors of the parish.
Les Pages Jèrriaises is a collection of thousands of pages in and about Jèrriais posted on the internet. It was created and is maintained by Geraint Jennings. It is the largest collection of Norman materials on the internet. It has also been praised in Normandy as an example of how a Norman dialect has managed to modernise itself. Les Pages Jèrriaises have also featured prominently in a national newspaper.
Jean Dorey,,was a Norman language writer from Jersey.
Augustus Asplet Le Gros or Augustus Aspley Le Gros was a Norman language poet from Jersey and a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey.
The perquages are a series of routes in Jersey,Channel Islands. Some claim the routes that offered sanctuary to malefactors to leave the island. All except St Ouen and St Martin lead to the south coast. For example,St Mary,St John and St Lawrence leave via St Peter's Valley and Beaumont.
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