Terry Le Main

Terence John Le Main
Terence John Le Main
Minister of Housing
	In office; Dec 2005 – Nov 2008
Preceded by	None
Constituency	States Assembly
Majority	Unopposed
Senator
	In office; Nov 2005 – Nov 2008
Constituency	Jersey
Personal details
Residence(s)	Saint Helier, Jersey

Biography

Terence John Le Main was born in October 1939 in Jersey. He was educated at Hautlieu Grammar School. ^[1]

Electoral History

He was first elected to the States of Jersey as Deputy of Saint Helier 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 ^[2] ^[3]. He stood again as Senator in 2005 and was returned to the Senatorial benches in 4th place with 12,159 votes ^[4].

Current Responsibility

Senator Le Main is currently the Minister for Housing of Jersey. The Housing department is responsible for general housing policies, liaising with the housing trusts and administering private and public rent subsidies. ^[5]

He is also Deputy Chairman of the Overseas Aid Committee^[6].

Political Issues

Leylandii Hedges

In 1999 Senator Le Main first raised the issue of deliberately planting high hedges^[7], this has still to be resolved but a proposition is due for the debate in the States soon.

Social Housing

In 2003 Senator Le Main called for a review of Social Housing ^[8] The issue was still being debated in July 2007 at the final sitting of the States before summer recess.

Criticism

JDA

Terry Le Main following comments made regarding the leader of the JDA at the 2005 elections Geoff Southern does not enjoy good relations with the Left wing in Jersey^[9].