States of Alderney Member [2] and elections of 2016 [3]. They are: Notes: Note [1] Alderney representatives to the States of Guernsey Note [2] The members elected in 2014 hold office until 2018 Note [3] The members elected in 2016 hold office until 2020 States of Alderney Member The ten States of Alderney Members make up the legislature (the "States of Alderney") of the island of Alderney. Half of the ten States Members are elected every two years for a four-year mandate. They are organised into three main committees: "Policy and Finance", "General Services", and "Building and Development Control", each of which works under
Alderney From 1612, a Judge was appointed to assist the Governor's administration of Alderney, along with the Jurats. The function of the Judge was similar to that of the Bailiffs of Guernsey and Jersey, and continued until 1949. During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Alderney was held by a Parliamentary garrison under Nicholas Ling, Lieutenant-Governor. Ling built Government House (now the Island Hall). The de Carterets of Jersey acquired the governorship, later passing it to Sir Edmund Andros of Guernsey, from whom the Guernsey family of Le Mesurier inherited it, thus establishing a hereditary line of governors that lasted until