Name: Juliette Gallichan
Age: 46
Address: Aragorn, La Rue de la Vallée, St Mary
Place of birth: Jersey
Family: Married for 27 years to Terry – two children (son 16 and daughter 12)
Education: St Peter’s Primary, Jersey College for Girls
Occupation: States Member
Hobbies: Many and varied – including camping and motorcycling. Most recently, as a family we’ve just taken up kayaking.
Election platform:
My support and enthusiasm for the parish system is well documented but if it is to continue to play a relevant and important part in Island life, it is vital that Connétables also take on challenging positions in the States. As a former parish secretary, I believe that my wide understanding of parish administration and my proven relationship with the parishioners and municipality of St Mary combine with my experience as parish Deputy to make me uniquely well qualified to take on this rôle and to be immediately effective in both the parish and the States Assembly.
The rôle of Connétable involves more than politics and management, however. The Connétable must lead and energise the parish and I have the enthusiasm, the drive, the community involvement and the demonstrated support to do both. The Connétable has a wide and varied workload and I have the flexibility, depth of knowledge and experience to know how best to deal with situations that are likely to arise. I understand the most obvious course of action is not always the most effective and am committed to ensuring that the best interests of the parish as a whole are the motivating factor behind any response.
Proposers: Myrtle Le Marquand, Glynn Bower, Phyllis Luce, Cynthia Cotillard, Martin de Gruchy, Shirley Baudains, Barbara de la Haye, Alan Rimeur and Robert Johnson.
Nomination speech:
Mrs Le Marquand said that as a States Member for the last three years, Deputy Gallichan had taken on several different roles in the Chamber and made ‘regular and well-informed’ contributions to debates. She said that the Deputy was ‘very approachable, compassionate and down to earth. ‘She is a dedicated member of this community and since her first days as parish secretary she has had this parish in her heart,’ said Mrs Le Marquand.
