Terry Le Main
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Biography
Terence John Le Main was born in November 1939 in Jersey. He was educated at HautlieuHautlieu School
Hautlieu School, commonly referred to as "Hautlieu", is a 14+ school in the parish of St. Saviour, Jersey.-Overview:The school currently has approximately 680 pupils. During the academic year 2004/2005 the GCSE pass rate was 100%, at which 40% gained A* to A grades...
Grammar School.
Electoral history
He was first elected to the States of JerseyStates 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 of Saint Helier
Saint Helier
Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St. Helier has a population of about 28,000, roughly 31.2% of the total population of Jersey, and is the capital of the Island . The urban area of the parish of St...
No. 2 in 1978 (re-elected 1984). He was elected as Senator in 1994 and re-elected in 1990. In the 1996 Senatorial election he was ousted in 7th place with 9,578 votes. He then successfully stood for election is his former Deputorial seat in St Helier No. 2 in 1996, topping the poll with 669 votes, and topped the poll again in 1999 (782 votes) and was re-elected in 2002. He stood again as Senator in 2005 and was returned to the Senatorial benches in 4th place with 12,159 votes..
Le Main elected not to stand as Senator in the 2011 Election but again contested the St Helier No. 2 District seeking election as a Deputy. He polled 593 votes, 101 behind Geoff Southern
Geoff Southern
Geoff Southern is a Jersey politician. He has been a deputy in the States of Jersey since 2002 and has chaired two scrutiny panels.- Biography :...
, and failed to gain election
Ministerial responsibility
Senator Le Main was the Minister for Housing of JerseyJersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
from 2005. The Housing department is responsible for general housing policies, liaising with the housing trusts and administering private and public rent subsidies.. He resigned in 2010 over allegations of his relationship with a property developer, Frank Venton.
He is also Deputy Chairman of the Overseas Aid Committee.
Leylandii hedges
Senator Le Main first raised the issue of deliberately planting high hedges in 1999. As of July 2007, this had still to be resolved but a proposition was due for debate in the States.Social Housing
In 2003 Senator Le Main called for a review of Social Housing The issue was still being debated in July 2007 at the final sitting of the States before summer recess.JDA
On the basis of comments made regarding the leader of the JDA at the 2005 elections Geoff SouthernGeoff Southern
Geoff Southern is a Jersey politician. He has been a deputy in the States of Jersey since 2002 and has chaired two scrutiny panels.- Biography :...
, Terry Le Main does not enjoy good relations with the Left wing in Jersey.