Edward Trevor (Jersey)

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Edward Trevor
Edward Trevor (Jersey)
Municipality of St Helier, Jersey
Incumbent
Assumed office 
Dec 2005
Constituency St Helier, Jersey
Majority unopposed
Born 5.12.38
Mandeville Place, London, W1
Spouse Married, Pam
Children Zoe (1963), Melanie (1966), Colin (1969)
Residence St Helier, Jersey
Occupation Retired Chartered Surveyor

Edward Trevor, MBE (born May 12, 1938) is a British politician.

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[edit] Sutton Council

Trevor joined Sutton Council in 1966, stepping down in May 2006. He served on most of the Council’s committees and chaired several including Planning and Health & Housing.

He was elected Mayor in 1979 and from May 2002 until May 2004 he was Leader of the Conservative Opposition.

[edit] Other UK political positions

For a time he led the Conservative Housing Group on the Association of Metropolitan Authorities during which time he was chairman of the Greater London House Condition Survey Steering Group. Edward Trevor has also served as a member of the South West Thames Regional Health Authority and as a non-Executive Director of Hammersmith & Queen Charlotte’s Special Health Authority.

[edit] Charitable works

Trevor has devoted much of his spare time to raising money for charities. After being Mayor, he founded the Trevor Fund; the income from this currently funds sport for young people and projects for disabled youngsters. The Fund receives most of his member’s allowance.

Trevor has also devoted much time to the ASHA Foundation, which works to improve the quality of life of children and adults in India suffering from cerebral palsy; he was particularly involved with its proposal to build a community centre in London for the major world religions.

He was chairman of the organising committee for the Orthopaedic Research Walks for St Helier Hospital and is now involved with the new South West London Orthopaedic Centre. He has also been President of the Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for over 20 years.

[edit] Honours awarded

He has been awarded the Silver Medal by the RNLI for his work with the Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park Branch of which he has been President since 1980.

He is also President and Honorary Life Member of the Carshalton Rifle Club of which he was formerly chairman for a period of 17 years.

In June 2004, Edward Trevor was awarded the MBE for his community work in Sutton.

[edit] St Helier Municipality

In 2004, he moved to Jersey in the Channel Islands and was elected to the position of Rates Assessor and in 2007 as Chairman of the Association of Jersey Rates Assessors. He founded the Shopmobility scheme for disabled persons in Jersey which now operates from the Sand Street car park, Durrell (Jersey Zoo) and the Jersey War Tunnels.

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