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2009 Falkland Islands General Election
The Falkland Islands general election of 2009 was held on Thursday 5 November 2009 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly. It was the first general election in the Falkland Islands since the new constitution came into force on 1 January 2009, which replaced the old Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly. Chief Executive Tim Thorogood acted as Returning Officer. Eight MLAs were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency. Each elector in Stanley could vote for five candidates, and in Camp each elector could vote for three candidates. In total 4,989 votes were cast in the election, relating to a turnout of 1,232 (77.7% of the electorate). As no political parties are active on the Islands, all the candidates stood as nonpartisans. The election result was said to be an ' upset' as none of the incumbent MLAs kept their seat. Results Candidates in bold were elected. Candidates in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of The Falkland Islands
The Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands is the unicameral legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The Legislative Assembly replaced the Legislative Council (which had existed since 1845) when the new Constitution of the Falklands came into force in 2009 and laid out the composition, powers and procedures of the islands' legislature. The Legislative Assembly consists of eight elected members, two ex officio members (the Chief Executive and the Director of Finance), and the Speaker. Although they take part in proceedings, the ex officio members do not have the right to vote in the Legislative Assembly. The Commander British Forces and the Attorney General also have the right to take part in the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, though again they may not vote. Powers and role Meetings of the Legislative Assembly are normally held in the Court and Assembly Chamber in Stanley Town Hall and begin at a time appointed by the Governor. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley (constituency)
Stanley is a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands which has been in existence since the first elections in the Falklands in 1949. The constituency of Stanley consists of the area that lies within 3.5 miles of the spire of Christ Church Cathedral.Section 6Electoral Ordinance 1988 (Ordinance No. 21 of 1988) read with thElections (Boundaries of Constituencies) Regulations 1989 (S.R. & O. No. 11 of 1989) This covers the city of Stanley, which is the largest settlement in the Falklands representing almost 75% of the total population of the islands (excluding military personnel). Stanley is one of two constituencies in the Falklands, the other being Camp. The first elections to the Legislative Council (the predecessor of the Legislative Assembly) took place in 1949 and elected two members from Stanley. The number of members was reduced to one at the 1977 election with the implementation of the ''Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Halford
Sharon Halford (born 27 November 1953) is a Falkland Islander, Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly for the Camp constituency from 2009 Falkland Islands general election, 2009 until 2013 Falkland Islands general election, 2013. Halford was also a :Members of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands, Member of the Legislative Council from 1993 Falkland Islands general election, 1993–2001 Falkland Islands general election, 2001 for Stanley (constituency), Stanley. In 2011 Halford and her husband represented the islands at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. She also attended the British Overseas Territories, Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London in 2012 with Jan Cheek and in 2013 Halford took part in a campaign to promote the interests of the Falkland Islanders following the 2013 Falkland Islands sovereignt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Edwards (politician)
Roger Edwards (born 1946) is a former Royal Marine who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Camp constituency since the 2009 general election, winning re-election in 2013 and 2017. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 2001–2005 and is the father of former MLA Emma Edwards. Edwards joined the Royal Marines in 1963, but transferred to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in September 1965, before going on to the Britannia Royal Naval College during which time he trained to be a pilot at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. From 1973 to 1975, Edwards served on HMS ''Endurance'' while it patrolled Falklands territorial waters. He was attached to the Special Air Service in 1982 during the Falklands war. In 1982 Edwards retired from the armed forces and bought a farm on West Falkland with his wife, Norma (a Falkland Islander Falkland may refer to: * Falkland, British Columbia, a community in Canada * Falkland, Nova Scotia, a community in Canada * Falkland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp (constituency)
Camp is a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands which has been in existence since 1977. The constituency of Camp consists of all parts of the territory which lie more than 3.5 miles from the spire of Christ Church Cathedral, Stanley.Section 6Electoral Ordinance 1988 (Ordinance No. 21 of 1988) read with thElections (Boundaries of Constituencies) Regulations 1989 (S.R. & O. No. 11 of 1989) It takes its name from the term "Camp", which refers to the territory outside the city of Stanley and RAF Mount Pleasant. Camp is one of two constituencies in the Falklands, the other being Stanley. The Camp constituency was created at the 1977 election with the implementation of the ''Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977'', initially electing one member to the Legislative Council (the predecessor of the Legislative Assembly). In 1985 the Falkland Islands Constitution came into force which increased the number of members from Camp to four, el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Robertson
Janet Robertson (born 1965 in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province) is an Argentine-born Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2005 until 2009. Robertson was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council, which was reconstituted into the Legislative Assembly with the implementation of the 2009 Constitution. Robertson was born in Argentina to Falkland Islander parents in 1965. Her mother, Ana Chiswell (British descent), was born in Buenos Aires and her father was born in the Falklands and had a sheep farm near Río Gallegos. Robertson has a brother, Pablo, born in Río Gallegos and, now, is a pilot of FIGAS. Her family moved to Port Stephens in the Falklands when she was four, but in 1975 she returned to Argentina where she was educated in Cordoba Province with her brother. She went on to study in Wales at Atlantic College, before gaining a degree in International Relations from the University of Sus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Clausen (politician)
Andrea Patricia Clausen (born 1971) is a British-born Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2005 until 2009. Clausen was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council, which was reconstituted into the Legislative Assembly with the implementation of the 2009 Constitution. Clausen was born in Guisborough, England and grew up in the Falklands after her family moved to the islands when she was three. She then went on to study Marine Biology at Bangor University , former_names = University College of North Wales (1884–1996) University of Wales, Bangor (1996–2007) , image = File:Arms_of_Bangor_University.svg , image_size = 250px , caption = Arms ... where she gained a PhD in the subject. Clausen then moved back to the Falklands to work as a Scientific Officer for Falklands Conservation. Clausen was elected to the Legislative Council at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Birmingham (politician)
John Birmingham (born 1953) is a British people, British-born Falkland Islander, Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from a 2008 Stanley by-election, by-election in 2008 until the 2009 Falkland Islands general election, 2009 general election. Birmingham was elected as a :Members of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands, Member of the Legislative Council, which was reconstituted into the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly with the implementation of the Constitution of the Falkland Islands, 2009 Constitution. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands, Legislative Council from 1994 Stanley by-election, 1994–2005 Falkland Islands general election, 2005. Birmingham was born in England and educated at Chichester College. At the age of seventeen, he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Summers
Michael Victor Summers (born 1952) is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2011 to 2017. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1996–2009. Summers was born in Stanley and grew up in Port Howard. He moved to the UK at the age of eleven after winning a government scholarship to Shaftesbury Grammar School, a Dorset boarding school. He went on to read business studies at Middlesex University. After university, Summers worked for various construction and engineering companies all round the world, before returning to the Falklands in 1989 when he became General Manager of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation. During his time as General Manager, Summers negotiated the air link between the Falklands and mainland South America with the Chilean airline LAN, which remains the only commercial airline to fly to the islands. Summers resigned as General Manager in 1996 to pursue a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Cheek
Janet Lynda Cheek (née Biggs; born 1948) is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2009 to 2017. Cheek won re-election in 2013 but stepped down from the assembly at the 2017 election. She was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1997 to 2005. Jan Cheek was born in Stanley and spent much of her childhood in South Georgia. For her A-Levels she was awarded a government scholarship to a study at a grammar school in Dorset. Cheek worked as a Secondary School English teacher from 1969 until 1989. She then moved to Fortuna Ltd. where she rose to become co-owner and director until her retirement in 2008. Cheek married fellow islander John Cheek (1939–1996) in 1968, with whom she had two children, Miranda and Ros. She then became a grandmother to Hamish(2004), Flora(2005) and Tom(2011). Following John's death in 1996, Cheek became a Trustee of the John Cheek Trust. She was appointed Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Edwards
Emma Jane Edwards (born 26 September 1971) is a British born, Falkland Islands teacher and politician, who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from her election in 2009 until she resigned in 2011. She is the eldest daughter of another MLA, Roger Edwards. Edwards was born in Portsmouth, England to Norma (a Falkland Islander) and Roger Edwards. She first went to the Falklands at the age of two when her father was stationed aboard HMS ''Endurance''. Edwards was educated in Stanley, but in 1988 she moved to Winchester to undertake A-Levels and in 1995 she graduated from Queen's University Belfast with a degree in Geology. After working for some years as a junior geologist for the Falkland Islands Government, Edwards went to Aberdeen University in 1998 where she gained a master's degree in Petroleum Geology. She then worked for the Falkland Islands Development Corporation and Cable & Wireless before returning to the UK in 2004 where she went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Ross (politician)
Glenn Ross (born 1964) is a Falkland Islander, Falkland Islands engineer and politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from the 2009 Falkland Islands general election, 2009 general election until his June 2011 Stanley by-election, resignation in 2011. In 1979 Ross became an apprentice electrician, he then went on to study at the University of Southampton and New College Durham, becoming a Chartered Engineer in 2006. He married Jan in 1985 with whom he has two daughters. In April 2011 Ross resigned from the Legislative Assembly in order to concentrate on his work at the islands' power station. His seat on the Assembly was filled by Mike Summers in a June 2011 Stanley by-election, by-election on 23 June 2011. References 1964 births Living people Alumni of the University of Southampton Falkland Islands MLAs 2009–2013 People from Stanley, Falkland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
