Mark John Pollard (born 13 October 1979) is a Falkland Island politician who has served as a
Member
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of the
Legislative Assembly for the
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 spi ...
since the
2017 general election.
Born in the UK to a fourth generation
Falkland Islander
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and a
Royal Marine
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who served in the Falklands, Pollard moved to the Islands in 1985.
In 1997 he took part in a
BBC World Service
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series to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the
Falklands War
The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...
.
After studying in the UK, Pollard returned to the Falklands and worked in telecommunications for 17 years.
He briefly served as Chair of the Falklands Islands Association Sub-Committee.
References
1979 births
Living people
Falkland Islands MLAs 2017–2021
Falkland Islands MLAs 2021–2025
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