Janet Robertson (born 1965 in

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, Santa Cruz Province) is an

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-born

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politician who served as a

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of the Legislative Assembly for the

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from

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until

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. 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

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parents in 1965. Her mother, Ana Chiswell (

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), was born in

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and her father was born in the Falklands and had a

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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

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, before gaining a degree in International Relations from the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

. She was elected to the Legislative Council at the 2005 general election, but lost her seat four years later in the 2009 general election.

References

1965 births Living people People from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Alumni of the University of Sussex Falkland Islands Councillors 2005–2009 People educated at Atlantic College Argentine people of Falkland Islands descent Argentine emigrants to the Falkland Islands Falkland Islands women in politics 21st-century British women politicians {{Falklands-stub