Geoff Southern

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Geoffrey Peter Southern

Deputy
In office Dec 2005 – Nov 2008
Preceded by	First Elected Feb 2002
Succeeded by	n/a
Constituency	St Helier District 2

Spouse	Ann Southern
Children	Two
Residence	St Helier
Occupation	Teacher

Geoff Southern is a Jersey politician.

1 Record of service
- 1.1 Positions held
2 Elections
3 Party politics
4 Political Philosophy
5 References

[edit] Record of service

First elected to the States of Jersey as Deputy of Saint Helier No.2 district in a by election on 15 February 2002 and was subsequently re-elected in 2002 and 2005.

[edit] Positions held

As of July 2007:

Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie
Chairman of the Economic Affairs Scrutiny Panel
Member of the Scrutiny Chairmen's Committee
Member Income Support Scrutiny Sub-Panel
Chairman of the Telecoms Privatisation Scrutiny Sub-Panel
Member of the Migration Policy Scrutiny Sub-Panel

[edit] Elections

Deputy Southern first ran for the States of Jersey in an election for Senator in October 1996 polling 13th and last with 1,429 votes, then for Deputy in St Helier District No. 3 & 4 in November 1996 polling 7th of 7 with 241 votes.

Deputy Southern ran for the position of Senator in October 2005 and received 4,724 votes finishing 13th of the 15 candidates.

In November 2005 he successfully defended his seat as Deputy in St. Helier district No.2 receiving 547 votes finishing in second place.

[edit] Party politics

Geoff Southern was a founding member of the Jersey Democratic Alliance and upon the retirement of Chairman Rev Tony Keogh he was elected to the leadership of that party. His election fomented the split in the party which led to the formation of the Centre Party (Jersey).

He led the JDA through the 2005 Senatorial elections but was unsuccessful. He ran in the Deputy elections the following month as an independent though remained a member of the party.

In 2006 he stepped down from membership of the council.