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 city of the same name, which is the largest settlement in the Falklands representing almost 75% of the total population of the islands (excluding military personnel). Stanley is one of two constituencies in the Falklands, the other being Camp.

Stanley
Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands Constituency
Location of Stanley within the Falkland Islands
Population	2,120 (2012)[1]
Major settlements	Stanley
Current constituency
Created	1949
Number of members	2 (1949-1977) 1 (1977-1985) 4 (1985-1997) 5 (1997-present)
Party	Nonpartisans
Member(s)	Stacy Bragger Barry Elsby Mark Pollard Roger Spink Leona Roberts

The first elections to the Legislative Council (the predecessor of the Legislative Assembly) took place in 1949 and elected two members from Stanley. The number of members was reduced to one at the 1977 election with the implementation of the Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977. In 1985 the Falkland Islands Constitution came into force which increased the number of members from Stanley to four, elected through block voting. This was increased to five in 1997 following a constitutional amendment, giving the members from Stanley a majority of the elected seats. In 2009 a new constitution came into force which replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly, with all members of the Legislative Council becoming members of the new Legislative Assembly.

In referenda in 2001 and 2011, a proposal was put to the people of the Falklands for the Stanley and Camp constituencies to be abolished and replaced with a single constituency for the entire territory. The proposal was rejected on both occasions, but in the 2011 referendum a narrow majority of voters in Stanley supported the proposal.[2]

Members

Election	1st Member	2nd Member	3rd Member	4th Member	5th Member
1949	Stanley Charles Luxton	Arthur Leslie Hardy
1952
1956	Martin George Creece
1960	Richard Victor Goss
1962 (by-election)		John Richard Rowlands
1964		Frederick John Cheek
1968		Nanette King
1971	William Edward Bowles	Sydney Miller
1976		John Smith
1977
1981	Terence John Peck
1984 (by-election)	Harold Bennett
1985	John Edward Cheek	Darwin Lewis Clifton	Norma Edwards	Charles Desmond Keenleyside Jnr.
1987 (by-election)			Terry Betts
1989	Gerrard "Fred" Robson	Harold Rowlands	Gavin Short	Terry Peck
1993	John Cheek	Charles Keenleyside	Sharon Halford	Wendy Teggart
1994 (by-election)		John Birmingham
1996 (by-election)	Mike Summers
1997				Jan Cheek	Lewis Clifton
2001			Richard Cockwell		Stephen Luxton
2005		Andrea Clausen		Richard Andrew Davies	Janet Robertson
2008 (by-election)				John Birmingham
2009	Jan Cheek	Emma Edwards	Glenn Ross	Gavin Short	Richard Sawle
June 2011 (by-election)			Mike Summers
December 2011 (by-election)		Barry Elsby
2013					Michael Poole
2017	Stacy Bragger		Mark Pollard	Roger Spink	Leona Roberts

References

1. "Falkland Islands Census 2012" (PDF). Falkland Islands Government. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
2. "Falkland Islands voters overwhelmingly reject single constituency proposal". MercoPress. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2014.