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⭐ Core Definition: 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, three ex officio members (the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and the Attorney General), 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 also has the right to take part in the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, though again they may not vote.

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👉 Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands in the context of Leona Vidal Roberts

Leona Lucila Vidal (born 1972, formerly Vidal Roberts) is a Falkland Islands curator, radio broadcaster and politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from the 2017 general election until 2025. She previously served as Director and Manager of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust.

Vidal was born in Punta Arenas, Chile to Nelson Vidal and Eileen Biggs (a fifth generation Falkland Islander). The family moved to the Falklands when she was three. After attending Stanley Senior School, Vidal went to the United Kingdom to study Journalistic Law at Stradbroke College in Sheffield, where she met her husband.

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Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands in the context of Stanley, Falkland Islands

Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2016 census, the city had a population of 2,460. The entire population of the Falkland Islands was 3,398 on Census Day – 9 October 2016.

Stanley is represented by five of the eight elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands: Stacy Bragger, Barry Elsby, Mark Pollard, Roger Spink, and Leona Vidal Roberts. An elected Town Council of Stanley existed from 1948 to 1973.

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Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands in the context of Stacy Bragger

Stacy John Bragger (born 1984) is a Falkland Island journalist and politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2017 general election to 2021 and again from the 202 general election.

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Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands in the context of Barry Elsby

Barry Elsby is a British born, Falkland Islands doctor and politician, who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since a by-election in 2011 which filled the seat vacated by Emma Edwards. He won re-election in 2013 and 2017.

Elsby first came to the Falklands with his family in 1990, initially on a two-year contract. He works at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Stanley as a general practitioner, specialising in Cancer Research. Before his election to the Legislative Assembly, Elsby was a member of the Media Trust, acting as the Chief Medical Officer on several occasions and was elected by parents to the Board of Education.

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Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands in the context of Mark Pollard

Mark John Pollard (born 13 October 1979) is a Falkland Island politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from the 2017 general election until 2025..

Born in the UK to a fourth generation Falkland Islander and a Royal Marine who served in the Falklands, Pollard moved to the Islands in 1985. In 1997 he took part in a BBC World Service series to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Falklands War.

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Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands in the context of Roger Spink

Roger Kenneth Spink (born December 1959) is a Falkland Islands politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since the 2017 general election.

Before his election, Spink served as Director and General Manager of the Falkland Islands Company from 2001 and then in 2006 he was appointed President of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce, retiring from both positions in 2016.

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