AFTER three terms representing St Brelade No 2, Deputy Peter Troy has announced that he will run for Senator.
The Assistant Social Security minister says that he will be looking for a job on the Council of Ministers if elected. In a press release issued yesterday, the 49-year-old property developer – the head of Troy Developments Ltd – said that he had enough experience to take on an Islandwide mandate.
He said: ‘I have enjoyed representing the people of St Brelade for the last nine years and feel that, with all the experience I have gained, it is the right time to stand for Senator and seek a ministerial position. ‘I dearly love my parish and feel that I can effectively represent it, either as a Senator or Deputy.’
Under the committee system Deputy Troy sat on Employment, Overseas Aid, Privileges and Procedures, Agriculture and Fisheries and Human Resources. He brought the amendment to the States of Jersey Law – known as the ‘Troy rule’ – that prevents ministers and assistant ministers holding a majority in the House.
Deputy Troy is the chairman of the St Brelade Youth Club, a member of the management committee of the Maison St Brelade residential home, and chaired the committee that worked on the parish’s twinning with Granville. He is the second candidate to declare for the Senatorial election, after former Magistrate Ian Le Marquand set the ball rolling last month.
Deputy Troy was educated at De La Salle College, and he and his wife Dawn have two children, both of whom are at university.
