:Andrew Jenner
{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}}
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| constituency_AM1 = Lyons
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| term_start1 = 23 March 2024
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| office2 = Member of the
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
for Maidenhead Riverside Ward
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = 2016
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| successor2 = Deputy Mayor 2012-2013
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| term_end3 = 2014
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| party = Jacqui Lambie Network (Australia)
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| otherparty = Conservative Party (UK)
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Andrew Jenner is a British-Australian politician, currently representing the division of Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Political career
Jenner served as mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England from 2013 to 2014 and Deputy Mayor 2012-13.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-24 |title=A private investigator, a former British mayor – meet Tasmania's possible new crossbench |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-25/tasmanian-election-crossbench-who-will-hold-power/103625948 |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |title=Royal permission granted to hang Queen's portrait at town hall |url=https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/14439/Royal-permission-granted-to-hang-Queen.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk |language=en}} Jenner was the owner of Jenner's Cafe in Maidenhead.{{Cite web |title=Riverside zebra crossing installed after 10 year campaign |url=https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/maidenhead/694/Riverside-zebra-crossing-installed-after-10.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk |language=en}} In England, he also served as a magistrate (a volunteer role which adjudicates on the same cases as a "magistrates" in Australia) but there are usually 3 uk magistrates .{{Cite web |title=Cllr Andrew Jenner's 20 years of magistrate service recognised |url=https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/windsor/71998/Cllr-Andrew-Jenner-s-20-years.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Maidenhead Advertiser |language=en}}{{Cite news|title=Who are the new and familiar faces of Tasmania's incoming parliament — and who didn't make the cut?|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-06/tasmanian-lower-house-2024-state-election-new-mps/103666470|website=ABC News|last1=Langenberg|first1=Adam|last2=Holmes|first2=Adam|date=6 April 2024|access-date=4 July 2024}} Jenner was a Conservative Party councillor for Maidenhead Riverside ward.{{Cite web |title=Maidenhead Riverside by-election: Meet the candidates |url=https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/maidenhead/81976/Maidenhead-Riverside-by-election--Meet.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk |language=en}} In 2016, he resigned as councillor to emigrate to Australia.{{Cite web |title=Former Royal Borough mayor resigns as a councillor |url=https://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/news/windsor/81636/Former-Royal-Borough-mayor-resigns-as.html |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.windsorexpress.co.uk |language=en}}
In the 2022 Tasmanian local elections, Jenner was an independent candidate for Clarence City Council.{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2022 |title=STATEMENTS On Clarence Candidates Forum, Posters |url=https://tasmaniantimes.com/2022/10/on-clarence-candidates-forum-posters/ |website=Tasmanian Times}} In the 2024 Tasmanian state election he was elected in Lyons for the Jacqui Lambie Network.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=Lyons – TAS Electorate, Candidates, Results |url=https://abc.net.au/news/elections/tas/2024/guide/lyon |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}
On 16 September 2024, the sole remaining member of the JLN in parliament, Andrew Jenner, confirmed he was not signing a confidence and supply deal with the Liberal government after the last one fell through.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-16 |title=Jenner makes no agreement with the government, has 'electoral bribery' concerns |url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/8764620/andrew-jenner-denies-confidence-deal-over-use-of-public-funds/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=The Advocate |language=en-AU}}
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