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
The telephone line between Jersey and the mainland is inaugurated
- Jersey's phones were connected by a direct line to the mainland in August 1939 via a coaxial cable that landed near Dartmouth.
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Funeral for a scout killed in Jersey
- A visiting scout was hit by a car at Saint Ouen, and later died in hospital, yet the scouts continued their holiday in Jersey.
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Artist Edmund Blampied dies
- Artist Edmund Blampied is remembered for designing a subversive banknote for use in Jersey during the occupation.
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Parliament debates Jersey’s treatment of prisoners of war
- A Conservative MP in London was concerned that Jersey might have been treating German PoWs too leniently during the First World War.
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