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James Perchard
Former politician and farmer

James Perchard

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Former politician and farmer
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Biography

James Leslie Perchard or Jim Perchard (born 1957 in Jersey) is a former politician who was elected as Senator in the States of Jersey in the 2005 election.

Perchard was educated at Trinity Primary School, Trinity and De La Salle College. In 2005 he retired from his farming business before entering politics. He is married to Susan and has three children James, Holly and Charles.

Before entering politics he held the positions of Chairman of the Jersey Young Farmers' Club, President of the Countrymen's Club, and Vice President of the Jersey Farmers' Union.

He served as Assistant Minister and Minister for Health and Social Services from 2008 - 2009.

In 2003 Perchard built a cricket field on his farm in St Martin. The Farmers Field is now the home to the Farmers Cricket Club

Electoral History

In October 2005 Perchard finished 6th of 15 candidates achieving 8,998 votes and was duly elected to the States of Jersey.

He was Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services before being elected Minister in December 2008. The Senator resigned in April 2009.

In August 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election for "personal and business reasons."

Independent

He stood for the States as an independent candidate, summarising his politics as follows:

"I believe in the freedom of the individual and the equality of opportunity. If elected I will promote and support low tax, small, unobtrusive government that seeks to create a favourable business and social environment."

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