Former Senator Nigel Queree, who was a very strong contender for Chief Minister, has endorsed John Young in the Senatorial Election. In his alternative nomination speech , in case Condor Ferries failed to get Advocate Christopher Scholefield is proposer back from France in time for Tuesday’s Nomination meeting , Nigel said
“John served very successfully as Deputy of St Brelade. Roy Le Herrisier described John as the star of the 2011 intake. It was a disappointment to many that he gave up his seat to fight the Senatorial election. If he had done so under the rules that applied when I was a Senator, he would have been one of our 12 Senators.
It is essential that the successful candidate in this election can be effective from day 1 – John has shown he really knows how to be a successful backbencher – not only lodging propositions but winning support from fellow States’ members. As Deputy, he lodged 21 propositions. He is not a single-issue politician. He lodged 119 questions, on many subjects .
He has also an excellent track record as chair of the environment scrutiny panel, producing quality reports which resulted in Ministers changing their policies
He has fought for individual citizens experiencing injustices. John never turned anybody away; He has represented people at Complaints Boards, and planning panel and appeals, giving freely of his time.
John was extremely hard working and went way beyond the commitment we expected. He built up an excellent team and his staff clearly respected him. John is a very good leader.”
The full text of Nigels proposals speech is on my download page . Please do add a comment – via your facebook page please . Questions welcome.
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