POLITICIANS stood in silence on Tuesday morning to pay tribute to a former colleague who served in the Assembly for 12 years.
The career of Jerry Dorey, who died earlier this month, was outlined by the Bailiff, Sir Timothy Le Cocq at the start of this week’s sitting in the States Chamber.
Sir Timothy recounted how the former Victoria College pupil had been elected as Deputy for St Helier’s No1 district in December 1993 before briefly serving as a Senator in 1999 and then returning to serve his former district later the same year, leaving the States for the final time after defeat in the 2005 general election.
The Bailiff continued: “He was an intelligent individual who could speak a number of languages fluently and had a keen eye for accuracy, often to the annoyance of his colleagues.
“It was felt that his failure to be re-elected at a close-run election, when he lost by fewer than 30 votes in 2005, was a great loss to the Island for the quality of his legislative scrutiny.”
Sir Timothy said Mr Dorey had subsequently left Jersey to live in France, and had died at his French home on 2 November, a month before his 73rd birthday.
“Our thoughts are with his son, Will, his grandchildren and extended family at this sad time,” the Bailiff said.
