Wendy Kinnard

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Senator Wendy Kinnard is the current Home Affairs Minister of Jersey.

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Wendy Kinnard was born on 23 March 1959, Jersey.

From the Open University, she gained a BA (Hons) in applied Applied Social Sciences, and a Dip.H.E. in Social and Environmental Problems.

She has been past chairwoman of Jersey Women’s Refuge, involved in Jersey Women’s Aid, a member of Network against Abuse and Violence in the Home, a trustee of the Spring Trust, a past member of the Youth Panel 1993-1996

She is a member of LIBERTY and a member of Open University Alumni Association.

She was first elected to the States of Jersey on December 12, 2002.^[1]

She was President of the Legislation Committee, and vice-president of Home Affairs, taking over the Presidency of that Committee after Alastair Layzell failed to be re-elected to the States.

She was nominated to her current position on December 5, 2005 following the Jersey elections, 2005 by the newly elected Chief Minister of Jersey.