Paul Le Claire

Paul Vincent Le Claire (born 1963) is a Jersey politician who was a member of the States of Jersey from 1999 to 2011. He represented the Saint Helier District No.1 constituency and between 1999 and 2005 had an island-wide mandate as a senator.

Paul Vincent Le Claire
Deputy
In office
December 2005 – November 2011
Preceded byJerry Dorey
ConstituencySt Helier District No. 1
Senator
In office
December 1999 – November 2005
Preceded byTerry Le Main
Succeeded byBen Shenton
Personal details
Born1963 (age 59–60)
Jersey
SpouseNatalia
ChildrenTwo
ResidenceSt Helier
Websitehttp://www.paulleclaire.com/

Biography

He was born in 1963 in Jersey.

Electoral history

Le Claire first stood in a by-election for a vacant senatorial seat in a by-election held in February 1999, coming second to Jerry Dorey with 1,811 votes. In a subsequent by-election in April 1999, he was, however, successful in gaining one of the three seats as a deputy for St Helier No.1 District.

Later that year, Le Claire again sought an island-wide mandate as senator. He was elected in the October 1999 general election, coming fourth with 8,287 votes in a contest for six seats. In 2005 he was a founder member of the Jersey Democratic Alliance, but following the resignation of Senator Ted Vibert as chairman and the subsequent election of a more left-leaning leadership, he resigned to lead the Centre Party.[1] In the October 2005 elections he polled ninth of fifteen candidates and failed to gain re-election as a senator. Following the election he announced that he was resigning his membership of the Centre Party.

Le Claire turned his attentions again to the St Helier No.1 District constituency, where he stood successfully as an independent in the 2005 and 2008 Deputies elections.[2] In the 2011 general elections he failed to retain his seat, finishing fourth out of eight candidates.[3]

References
  1. Anon (2005). "Party splits". thisisjersey.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.; Anon (2005). "Centre Party 'to cut spending and fight GST'". thisisjersey.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.; Anon (2005). "Senator seeks election as a party candidate". thisisjersey.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  2. Anon (2008). "St Helier No 1". thisisjersey.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. BBC (2011). "BBC News - Jersey election 2011: St Helier". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
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