30th August 1940
Jersey holds elections during the Occupation
Whatever the outcome of the elections of 1940, ultimate authority would still remain with the occupying forces and, through them, the German government in Berlin.
There was just one seat to be filled and two candidates, Edward Campbell, who won more than two thirds of the vote, and Thomas Jenkins. The results of the election were short-lived, with Campbell’s position abolished less than two years after its creation.
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Other events that occured in August
Explorer Major General Edward Thompson Dickson dies
- St Helier-born Edward Dickson saw much of the world at a time when travel was a far more arduous process than it is today.
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Painter John Everett Millais dies
- Although born in Southampton, John Everett Millais was of Jersey stock, and he spent much of his childhood in the island.
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Four men are arrested after French government accusation
- Four men were brought from Jersey to Southampton to answer charges of assassination and vandalism in France.
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Dennis Leister is deported from Jersey
- Dennis Leister was trapped in Jersey at the start of the Occupation and later joined the German army.
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