Sean Power (Jersey) Explained

Sean Power
Office:Deputy
Term Start:2011
Term End:November 2014
Constituency:St Brélade No. 2 District
Majority:1,491 (60%)
Office2:Deputy
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:February 2011 (resigned)
Majority2:1,068 (29.12%)
Birth Date:1955
Birth Place:Limerick, Ireland
Party:Independent
Residence:St Brelade, Jersey

Sean Seamus Patrick Dooley-Power" [1] (born 1955) was a Deputy in the States of Jersey from 2005 to 2014, and was Housing Minister from 2010 to 2011. He was Deputy for District No. 2 in the parish of St Brélade, before seeking and failing to get elected to the senate in 2014.[2]

Biography

Power was elected as a Member of the States of Jersey in November 2005, and was re-elected in 2008. He was born in 1955 in Limerick, Ireland.

He was elected Housing Minister in June 2010[3] but resigned in February 2011 after admitting breaching data protection laws.[4]

Power was a candidate for senator in the 2014 election, but failed to get elected.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dooley-Power, Sean Patrick . 15 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Deputy - Sean Power. States of Jersey. 29 April 2011.
  3. Web site: Power is new Housing minister. https://archive.today/20130204045710/http://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/06/08/power-is-new-housing-minister/. usurped. 4 February 2013. Jersey Evening Post. 29 April 2011.
  4. News: Minister resigns after breaching data protection code. BBC News. 29 April 2011. 2 February 2011.
  5. Web site: Jersey election 2014: Results and candidates . BBC . 15 October 2014 . 8 June 2015.