Deputy
Sam Mézec
Leader of Reform Jersey
Assumed office
4 July 2014
Deputy LeaderLyndsay Feltham
Preceded byPosition established
Chief Scrutineer
Assumed office
19 July 2022
Chief MinisterKristina Moore
Preceded byKristina Moore
Deputy of St Helier South
Assumed office
27 June 2022
Serving withTom Coles
Beatriz Porée
David Warr
Majority364
Minister for Children & Housing
In office
3 July 2018 – 17 June 2022
Chief MinisterJohn Le Fondré
Preceded byAnne Pryke
(as Housing Minister)
Succeeded byJeremy Maçon
Personal details
Born (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990
Jersey
Political partyReform Jersey
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.reformjersey.je

Samuel Yves Mézec (born 26 December 1990), is a Jersey politician who is the leader of Reform Jersey. He has been a member of the States Assembly since 2014, serving as both a Deputy and later as a Senator.

Political career

Mézec was elected as the Deputy for the St. Helier No. 2 district after winning that seat in a by-election on 5 March 2014. He held the seat in the general election held later that year on 15 October.

He co-founded and, until June 2019,[1] was the Chairman of Reform Jersey, one of the island's political parties.[2][3] He stood in the Senatorial by-election held on 7 September 2016 but came second to Sarah Ferguson.

Mézec was elected as Senator in the 2018 general election with 40.8% of the popular vote, and on the 3rd of July 2018, he was the first politician to take on the combined role of Minister of Children and Housing.[4]

After two and half years in government, on the 8th of November 2020 Mézec resigned from his Ministerial role to support a vote of no confidence against the Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré.[5]

For the 2022 general election, the position of Senator was abolished and all candidates stood as Deputies or Constables,[6] meaning Mézec would be running again for his previous role as a Deputy. Electoral reforms introduced that year also saw Jersey's constituencies changed, with Mézec's local district now being called 'St Helier South' instead of 'St Helier No. 2'. He was re-elected, along with nine other Reform Jersey members.

Following the party's election success, Deputy Mézec challenged Kristina Moore for the role of Chief Minister,[7] but he was defeated by 39 votes to 10. He was later elected to Deputy Moore's previous role leading the island's Scrutiny function as the Chairman of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.

Election results


2014 Jersey general election
Constituency Candidate Party Votes % Notes
St Helier 2Rod BryansIndependent68526.3Elected
Sam MézecReform Jersey60523.2Elected
Geoff SouthernReform Jersey56621.7Elected
Bernie ManningIndependent46818.0
Martin GreeneIndependent27910.7
Source: Judicial Greffe
St. Helier No. 2 by-election, 2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jersey Sam Mézec 277 52.5 +52.5%
Independent Ian Philpott 99 18.8 +18.8%
Independent Bernard Manning 87 16.5 +0.5%
Independent Paul Huelin 65 12.3 +12.3%
Majority
Turnout 528
Reform Jersey gain from Independent Swing
2018 Jersey general election[9]
Candidate Party Votes Percentage
Tracey Vallois Independent 15518 57.6%
Kristina Moore Independent 15292 56.7%
John Le Fondré Independent 14214 52.7%
Lyndon Farnham Independent 12417 46%
Steve Pallett Independent 12114 44.9%
Ian Gorst Independent 12068 44.8%
Sarah Ferguson Independent 11297 41.9%
Sam Mézec Reform Jersey 11007 40.8%
Total 26947 100%
2022 Jersey general election[10]
Constituency Candidate name

(8 candidates with highest votes elected)

 Party Votes
St Helier

South

 Sam Mézec Reform Jersey 955
Tom Coles Reform Jersey 713
Beatriz Poree Reform Jersey 679
David Warr Independent 616
Russell Labey Independent 591
Judy Martin Independent 496
Nick Le Cornu Independent 418
Angela Jeune Liberal Conservatives 277
Bernie Manning Independent 276
Chris Hopkins Independent 247
Jo Luce Jersey Alliance 220
Total 26947

References

  1. ↑ "WATCH: Leadership changes in Reform Jersey party". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Reform Jersey leader quits Twitter". BBC. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "New political party forms in Jersey". ITV.com. ITV. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Senator Sam Mézec appointed as first Minister for Children and Housing". www.gov.je/news. Government of Jersey. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mézec Resigns As Minister To Back Vote Of No Confidence". www.channel103.com. Channel 103. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Removal of Jersey senator roles given final approval". BBC News. 22 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mézec To Challenge For Chief Minister". Channel 103.
  8. ↑ "Sam Mézec elected new Deputy in St Helier No 2 District « Jersey Evening Post". Jerseyeveningpost.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Results 2018 - Vote.je - States of Jersey Elections". Vote.je - States of Jersey Elections. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "2022 Election Candidates". Vote.je. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.


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