| Geraint Jennings | |
| Office: | Municipality of St Helier, Jersey |
| Term Start: | Dec 1996 |
| Constituency: | St Helier, Jersey |
| Majority: | Unopposed |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1966 |
| Birth Place: | St Helier, Jersey |
| 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 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]
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 | ||
| February 1999 | Senatorial by-election | (Island-wide) | 440 | ||
| October 2002 | Senatorial election | (Island-wide) | 4,667 | ||
| November 2002 | Election for Deputy | St Helier district 3&4 | 486[6] |