Sam Mézec

Senator Sam Mézec (Samuel Yves Mézec, born 26 December 1990, in Jersey) is a Reform Jersey politician. He was the deputy for St. Helier District No. 2 from 2014 to 2018 and currently holds a Senatorial seat in the States of Jersey. He is the Party Leader of Reform Jersey.

Senator Sam Mézec
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2018
Majority	11007
Deputy
In office 6 March 2014 – 1 June 2018
Constituency	St. Helier District No. 2
Majority	605
Personal details
Born	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 Jersey
Political party	Reform Jersey

Political career

He was the deputy for St. Helier's 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 is the chairman of the Reform Jersey political party, which is the only active political party in Jersey.[1] He stood in the senatorial by-election held on 7 September 2016 but came second to Sarah Ferguson.

He successfully gained a senatorial seat in the 2018 general election.

Election results

2014 Jersey general election

Constituency	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Notes
St Helier 2	Rod Bryans	Independent	685	26.3	Elected
	Sam Mézec	Reform Jersey	605	23.2	Elected
	Geoff Southern	Reform Jersey	566	21.7	Elected
	Bernie Manning	Independent	468	18.0
	Martin Greene	Independent	279	10.7
Source: Judicial Greffe

St. Helier No. 2 by-election, 2014[2]

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

References

1. "Reform Jersey leader quits Twitter". BBC. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
2. "Sam Mézec elected new Deputy in St Helier No 2 District « Jersey Evening Post". Jerseyeveningpost.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-03-06.