Susan Pinel

Political career

In the 2011 general election on 19 October 2011, Pinel was elected to the States Assembly with 1,314 votes (50%), becoming one of two deputies to represent St Clement alongside Gerard Baudains. She was sworn into office on 14 November 2011. In November 2011, Pinel was one of Sir Philip Bailhache's nominators for the 2011 election of the Chief Minister of Jersey. She served as the Assistant Minister for Social Security from 2011 to 2014.

Pinel was re-elected in the 2014 general election on 15 October 2014, receiving 1,541 votes (35.5%). On 7 November 2014, she was elected as Social Security Minister for Jersey, after winning a challenge against Judy Martin and Geoff Southern with 33 votes. She had been nominated by the Chief Minister, Senator Ian Gorst.

She was re-elected again in the 2018 general election on 16 May 2018, receiving 1,499 votes (31.4%). On 6 June 2018, she was named by the Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré, as his ministerial nominee for Minister for Treasury and Resources. She was elected unopposed the following day. In 2020, she backed a proposal to amend the tax code to remove a provision from 1928. The provision considered a wife's income to belong to her husband, and did not allow a woman to speak to Revenue Jersey about tax matters without her husband's permission.

In July 2021, she joined the Jersey Alliance, a new centre-right political party which was founded by Chief Minister Le Fondré and Deputy Gregory Guida. She chose not to stand for re-election in the 2022 general election held on 22 June 2022. She was replaced as Minister for Treasury and Resources by Ian Gorst.

Personal life Pinel is a chairman of Brig-Y-Don Children’s Charity, and she is a governor of Le Rocquier School. Her cousin is fellow Jersey politician Mark Boleat.