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
Jersey fugitive kills a man
- A man and his wife killed their dinner guest and buried his remains under the kitchen floor, before the husband fled to Jersey.
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Jèrriais author Philippe Le Sueur Mourant dies
- Philippe Le Sueur Mourant was born in St Saviour, Jersey, and moved to Newfoundland before returning to the island.
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The first Earl of Jersey to live in Jersey dies in Jersey
- The Ninth Earl of Jersey inherited his title in 1923, when he was 13, but didn’t move to the island until the late 1940s.
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The first Battle of Flowers takes place
- Jersey staged its first ever Battle of Flowers in 1902, to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria.
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