On Tuesday night at St Helier Town Hall I had the privilege of being proposed by Deputy Shona Pitman and seconded by the following.

Mr Roy Travert

Mrs Margaret Hunnisett

Mr Simon Prosser

Mrs Antoinette Le Feuvre

Deputy Montford Tadier

Mr  Peter Le Mottee

Mr Chris Brien

Mrs Linda Aubert

Mr Kevin O’Connell

I would like to take this opportunity to say a very big ‘thank you’ to all of them, with love Linda.

Deputy Shona Pitman’s Nomination Speech.

I am here to propose Mrs Linda Corby – elector number 77814 for the position of Senator.

Linda was born in London in 1953 and was brought up in the West Midlands until 1966, when she came to Jersey with her parents.

Here she met her husband Brian, of whom she has been happily married to for 38 years.  They had four children: Clarissa, Benjamin, Natasha and April.  Sadly, Benjamin died aged only four and a half months from cot death and Natasha aged 12, from cancer.  Although, very hard times for Linda and the family they all pulled through, and Linda is now a grandmother and very close to her two daughters.

Linda loves Jersey and has made it her home with her family.  And although a housewife she has a keen interest in politics, and for those people who know her, she has never been one to be afraid to shout about issues on social justice, either through her writing or directly to a politician. If she feels that injustice has been done, she will investigate it and won’t stop with the complaint to a politician, but will put it in the public fora.

Linda is a funny, intelligent and tenacious person.  Unlike, I feel too many politicians whom believe that they are above the rest, that they are more informed.  Linda has no ayres and graces, despite being brought up by wealthy parents.  But she has lived a very modest family life and because of this, she knows how difficult it is to live in Jersey if you do not have a lot of money, so she can relate very much to the financial struggles of the ordinary person.

Linda has though, been successful during her working life, being a director for Blue Chip companies, she ran a Breakdown and Car-towing business for 25 years; and she was a Grade A horse jumper.

Linda is an ordinary person with extraordinary strength and a lively character about her, which has come about through some very tough times in her life.

It is my view that you do not need ‘high society’ positions in the work place to be able to represent people in Government.  Nor do you need a wealth of letters after your name – what you do need is the ability to relate to the people your represent.  Linda has the experience of a colourful life behind her.  I commend her to the 2011 Elections.