Corrie Stein was a politician in the States of Jersey

States of Jersey

The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....

 as Deputy for the Parish of Grouville and as Senator.

Biography

Corrie Stein was born on 18 October 1940, in The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, Holland. She was educated in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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She was elected to the States in the elections of 1981 as Deputy for the Parish of Grouville. She was one of the first women members in the States. As a Deputy, she fought against the flooding of Queen's Valley, and successfully prevented the development of 100 homes in a parish field.

She stood for and was elected as Senator in the elections of 1990, and topped the poll. As Senator, she held presidencies of various States Committees, including the Housing Committee and the Industrial Relations Committee, which put forward proposals on employment legislation.

She remained in the States as a Senator until 2002, when she failed to be re-elected.

Sources

• Jersey Evening Post
  Jersey Evening Post
  The Jersey Evening Post is a regional newspaper published six days a week in the Bailiwick of Jersey. It was printed in broadsheet format for 87 years, though it is now of compact size. Its motto is: "At the heart of island life".-History:The Evening Post was founded in 1890 by H.P...
  
  
• Election Manifesto