Sharon Halford (born 27 November 1953) is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a

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of the Legislative Assembly for the

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 Cat ...

from

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. Halford was also a Member of the Legislative Council from

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for Stanley. In 2011 Halford and her husband represented the islands at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. She also attended the

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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 sovereignty referendum. This included representing the Falklands at the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization in New York City and at the annual conference of the British Islands and Mediterranean Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Halford stood for re-election in November 2013, but lost her seat to

Phyl Rendell Phyllis Mary Rendell ( née Oliver) is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Camp constituency from 2013 to 2017. Rendell was born Phyllis Mary Oliver to farmer John Oliver in the Falkland Isl ...

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1953 births Living people Falkland Islands Councillors 1993–1997 Falkland Islands Councillors 1997–2001 Falkland Islands MLAs 2009–2013 People from Stanley, Falkland Islands Falkland Islands women in politics 20th-century British women politicians 21st-century British women politicians {{Falklands-stub