Stuart Syvret

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Stuart Syvret is the Minister for Health and Social Security of Jersey^[1].

[edit] Biography

Senator Syvret was first elected to the States of Jersey in 1990 as Deputy of Saint Helier No.3. He was elected as Senator in 1993 (second in poll with 14,388 votes) and re-elected in 1999 (top of poll with 15,212 votes) and 2005 (top of poll with 15,131 votes)^[2].

As the longest-serving Senator in the States of Jersey since 2005 he is Father of the House.

The first Chief Minister of Jersey was elected on 5 December 2005 following the Jersey elections, 2005. Two candidates were nominated on 1 December 2005:

Senator Stuart Syvret
Senator Frank Walker

In a secret ballot on Monday, 5 December 2005, the States of Jersey elected Senator Walker to be the first Chief Minister in Jersey history, receiving 38 votes to Senator Syvret's 14 votes of support.

To much popular acclaim, Senator Syvret recently wrote a 3,000-word open letter to a Jersey business man, published in the Jersey Evening Post which denounces the inefficiency of the States-system.