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Elections were held in Jersey on 30 August 1940. The island was occupied by the Germans from 1 July 1940 until the surrender of the German forces on 9 May 1945. During this time, there was one election, held soon after the occupation began. The result installed puppet leader Edward Campbell as a front for the German administration, which was centered around the department of Manche, a French department in Normandy.[1] Also standing was Thomas Jenkins.[2]
The election was unique in that only two candidates stood to represent the entire island.[2] The post voted for was short-lived, and the Nazis removed it in 1942 to little reaction from the islanders. Campbell returned to his suffering business. name="Schwan">Schwan, C. Fredrick (1995). World War II Remembered: History in Your Hands, a Numismatic Study. BNR Press.</ref>
Candidates
- Edward Campbell was a businessman in his mid fifties, and considerably more experienced than his opponent, a fact which he exploited to win over 70% of the vote
- Thomas Jenkins was a politician from Jersey, after losing he escaped the island and joined the army in England, and fought the Axis powers in North Africa. He received 30% of the vote.[3][4]
References
- ^ The German Occupation of the Channel Islands, Cruickshank, London 1975 ISBN 0-19-285087-3
- ^ a b Carr, Gillian (2014). Legacies of Occupation: Heritage, Memory and Archaeology in the Channel Islands. Springer Science & Business. pp. 25–32. ISBN 9783319034072. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
- ^ Forty, George (2002). Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark. Leo Cooper.
- ^ Matthews, David. Islands at war: The Channel Islands' response to invasion. Jersey Heritage Trust.
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