Michael Poole (born 4 October 1984) is a British,

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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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. Poole was the first member of the Legislative Assembly to have been born after the

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. Prior to his election Poole was a Senior Economist and Statistical Analyst in the Policy Unit of the

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. He had previously worked as a manager in the

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and was a representative of a fishing industry association. In 2012 Poole travelled with a group of young islanders to promote the

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' right to

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at a meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization in

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and later at the

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. Poole stepped down from the Legislative Assembly at the

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. In August 2018 it was announced he had been appointed Development Manager at the Falklands Development Corporation.

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1984 births Living people Falkland Islands MLAs 2013–2017 People from Stanley, Falkland Islands {{Falklands-stub