Editing Jay Warren

{{Short description|Pitcairn Islands politician (born 1956)}}
{{distinguish|Jay Warren (footballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Jay Warren
|order2=29th
|office2=Magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands
|term_start2=1 January 1991
|term_end2=7 December 1999
|predecessor2=[[Brian Young (magistrate)|Brian Young]]
|successor2=[[Steve Christian]]<br /><small>as Mayor</small>
|order=2nd
|office=Mayor of Pitcairn Islands
|term_start=1 January 2005
|term_end=31 December 2007
|predecessor=[[Brenda Christian]] (acting)
|successor=[[Mike Warren (mayor)|Mike Warren]]
|nationality=[[United Kingdom|British]]
|image=
|caption=
|birth_name = Jay Calvin Warren
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|07|29}} 
|birth_place=[[Pitcairn Island]]
|spouse=[[Carol Warren|Carol Christian]] (m. 1976)
|children={{flatlist|
*Darylynn
*[[Charlene Warren-Peu|Charlene]]
}} 
|party= [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
}}
'''Jay Calvin Warren''' (born 29 July 1956) is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the [[Pitcairn Islands]].

==Political roles==

Jay Warren was elected [[List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands|mayor]] of the last remaining [[British dependency]] in [[Oceania]] in the [[2004 Pitcairn Islands election|general election]] held on 15 December 2004,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/152333/pitcairn-islanders-elect-new-mayor-and-council |title=Pitcairn Islanders elect new Mayor and Council |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=16 December 2004 |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> defeating [[Brenda Christian]], who had held the mayoralty in an interim capacity following the dismissal from the post of her brother, [[Steve Christian]], by the British authorities on 30 October 2004, following his [[Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004|rape]] convictions. Warren was expected to take up his duties sometime around Christmas, when he was to return from [[Tahiti]], where his daughter Darylynn was hospitalized and recovering from a [[longboat]] accident in which her arm was nearly severed. Besides Darylynn, he has another child, Charlene.

Jay Warren was no stranger to the post to which he was elected. From 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1999, he served in an almost identical capacity as ''Magistrate,'' as the chief elected official was known prior to a constitutional revision in 1999. Previously, after a brief stint as a member of the [[Island Council (Pitcairn)|Island Council]] in 1982, he had assumed the second-most influential position on the island in 1985, as chairman of the ''Internal Committee.''  He continued to hold this office up to his election to the office of magistrate in late 1990.

As magistrate throughout most of the 1990s, Warren had executive, legislative, and judicial authority, serving ''ex officio'' as chairman of the [[Island Council (Pitcairn)|Island Council]], which doubles as the dependency's legislature and court. Following the constitutional review and the replacement of the magistrate by a mayor in 1999, [[Steve Christian]] was elected to the new position. Warren remained politically active, however, and served two further terms (in 2000 and 2002) as chairman of the Internal Committee.

Warren's election to the mayoralty in 2004 was welcomed by British Deputy Governor Matthew Forbes. "We appointed Jay as chairman of the (island's) internal committee in the period after the trials and before this election," Forbes told [[Radio New Zealand]] from his office at the British High Commission (the equivalent of an embassy in [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries) in [[Wellington]]. "He's very experienced and I'm sure he'll make a very good mayor."

He was succeeded by [[Mike Warren (mayor)|Mike Warren]] as mayor in December 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/174492/pitcairn-has-a-new-mayor |title=Pitcairn has a new Mayor |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=13 December 2007 |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref>

==Charges and acquittal==

In the [[2004 Pitcairn Islands sexual assault trial]] Warren was charged with the indecent assault of a 12-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/151053/pitcairn-court-hears-of-alleged-child-groping |title=Pitcairn court hears of alleged child groping |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=7 October 2004 |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/pitcairn-man-groped-girl-court-hears-20041008-gdjvl4.html |title=Pitcairn man groped girl, court hears |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 October 2004 |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> He was acquitted on 24 October 2004, the only one of the seven defendants to be found not guilty.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-25-fg-pitcairn25-story.html |title=5 Men of Pitcairn Found Guilty |work=Los Angeles Times |date=25 October 2004 |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> He is the brother of [[Meralda Warren]], who has also held political office and is one of the most vocal defenders of the islanders' traditional acceptance and practice of sexual activity from puberty onwards. Meralda Warren was also elected to the council on 15 December 2004.



== Ancestry ==

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|1= 1. '''Jay Warren'''
|2= 2. Jacob Ralph Warren
|3= 3. Mavis Mary Brown
|4= 4. Christopher Stanhope Warren
|5= 5. Mary Emeline Christian
|6= 6. Frederick Warren Brown
|7= 7. Ivy Edna Young
|8= 8. George Francis Chris Warren
|9= 9. Alice Lily Butler
|10= 10. Sidney Elliot Atkins Christian
|11= 11. Ethel Virginia Young
|13= 13. Anna Elizabeth Warren
|14= 14. [[William Alfred Young|William Alfred Young]]
|15= 15. Mercy Amelia Lawrence Young
}}

==See also==

* [[Politics of the Pitcairn Islands]]
* [[List of rulers of the Pitcairn Islands]]

==References==
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[[Category:1956 births]]
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[[Category:Pitcairn Islands people of Polynesian descent]]
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[[Category:Pitcairn Islands people of American descent]]
[[Category:Pitcairn Islands people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent]]
[[Category:Pitcairn Islands people of Scottish descent]]
[[Category:Pitcairn Islands people of Manx descent]]
[[Category:Mayors of the Pitcairn Islands]]
[[Category:Heads of government who were later imprisoned]]
[[Category:Members of the Island Council of the Pitcairn Islands]]