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2013 Falkland Islands General Election
The Falkland Islands general election of 2013 was held on Thursday 7 November 2013 to elect all eight members of the Legislative Assembly (five from the Stanley constituency and three from the Camp constituency) through universal suffrage using block voting, with each Stanley constituent having up to 5 votes and each Camp constituent having up to 3 votes. A total of 1,046 ballots (4,750 votes) were cast in Stanley, representing a turn-out of 75.4%, and 242 ballots (675 votes) in Camp, representing a turn-out of 85.5%. As no political parties are active in the Falklands, all the candidates stood as Independents. The Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands, Keith Padgett, acted as returning officer. It was the second election since the new Constitution came into force replacing the Legislative Council (which had existed since 1845) with the Legislative Assembly. For the first time, elected candidates would be paid a salary, rather than just expenses, and be expected to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Biles
Keith Robert Biles is a British people, British-born Falkland Islander, Falkland Islands banker and politician who has served as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands since his election in 2009. Early life and career Biles was born in the UK but moved to the Falkland Islands in 1995 as CEO of a branch of the Standard Chartered Bank. He retired from this position in 2002. Political career In June 2012, Biles launched Heroes Welcome in the Falklands. Heroes Welcome UK is an open-resource community partnership scheme, designed to encourage a show of support to members of the British Armed Forces. In 2014, Biles was amongst those who bid farewell to the outgoing Governor of the Falkland Islands, Nigel Haywood. Haywood's last official act was presenting the Governor's sword to Biles for safekeeping until the next Governor arrived. Personal life He is married to the Rev. Kathy Biles, an Anglican cleric (ordained deacon in 2004 and priest in 2006) and Assista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin News
''Penguin News'' is the only newspaper produced in the Falkland Islands. It is published every Friday and provides news and features about the islands. History The paper was founded in 1979 by the then editor Graham Bound, and published monthly (or as near monthly as possible) by him. Bound still contributes occasional articles in the paper's fifth decade. Publication ceased during the Falklands War of 1982, but resumed in June of that year with the iconic "Victory, Freedom and a Future" issue. It became a fortnightly paper and then eventually weekly. ''Penguin News'' was sold to fishing company Seamount Ltd in 1988 on the understanding that the company would provide the investment needed to sustain and develop it. Seamount's directors had experience in the publishing industry, so this was not an unreasonable plan. But Seamount's fishing operation failed and its bankruptcy threatened to take ''Penguin News'' with it. The Falkland Islands Government took control of Seamount' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teslyn Barkman
Teslyn Siobhan Barkman (born 17 November 1987) is a Falkland Island journalist and politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Camp constituency since the 2017 general election. Prior to entering politics, she was a journalist for '' Penguin News''. Career While working for ''Penguin News'', she expressed concern about plans for Members of the Legislative Assembly to earn a full-time wage of £40,000, arguing that it was too high and would not attract suitable candidates. In 2013, she was part of a delegation that travelled to the United States to lobby the United States Congress to recognise the results of the 2013 Falkland Islands sovereignty referendum. Later that year, she stood for election in the 2013 Falkland Islands general election being one of the youngest candidates standing and the only one under 30. However, she failed to win a seat in the Stanley Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Cheek
Janet Lynda Cheek (née Biggs; born February 1948) is a Falkland Islander, Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2009 Falkland Islands general election, 2009 to 2017 Falkland Islands general election, 2017. Cheek won 2013 Falkland Islands general election, re-election in 2013 but stepped down from the assembly at the 2017 election. She was previously a :Members of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands, Member of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands, Legislative Council from 1997 Falkland Islands general election, 1997 to 2005 Falkland Islands general election, 2005. Biography Jan Cheek was born in Stanley, Falkland Islands, Stanley, the oldest child of Basil Biggs and Betty Rowlands. She spent much of her childhood in South Georgia Island, South Georgia after her father was appointed policeman and handyma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Summers
Michael Victor Summers (born 1952) is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2011 to 2017. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1996–2009. Summers was born in Stanley and grew up in Port Howard. He moved to the UK at the age of eleven after winning a government scholarship to Shaftesbury Grammar School, a Dorset boarding school. He went on to read business studies at Middlesex University. After university, Summers worked for various construction and engineering companies all round the world, before returning to the Falklands in 1989 when he became General Manager of the Falkland Islands Development Corporation. During his time as General Manager, Summers negotiated the air link between the Falklands and mainland South America with the Chilean airline LAN, which remains the only commercial airline to fly to the islands. Summers resigned as General Manager in 1996 to pursue a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Short
Gavin Phillip Short (born 1962) is a Falkland Islands politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since 2021. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1989 to 1993 and again from 2009 to 2017. Short works for Cable & Wireless and is the Chairman of the General Employees' Union. He is a former member of the Falkland Islands Defence Force and a volunteer fireman. In November 2009, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Stanley, and in June 2010 he represented the Falklands at the annual meeting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation in New York City. Short won re-election in 2013, but lost his seat at the 2017 general election. In 2018 he joined the Falkland Islands Radio Service as a Senior News Correspondent. He returned to the assembly at the next election. In June 2023, Short and fellow assembly member John Birmingham addressed the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 A general practitioner (GP) is a doctor who is a Consultant (medicine), consultant in general practice. GPs have distinct expertise and experience in providing whole person medical care, whilst managing the complexity, uncertainty and risk ass ..., 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. References Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symbol Confirmed
A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise different concepts and experiences. All communication is achieved through the use of symbols: for example, a red octagon is a common symbol for " STOP"; on maps, blue lines often represent rivers; and a red rose often symbolizes love and compassion. Numerals are symbols for numbers; letters of an alphabet may be symbols for certain phonemes; and personal names are symbols representing individuals. The academic study of symbols is called semiotics. In the arts, symbolism is the use of a concrete element to represent a more abstract idea. In cartography, an organized collection of symbols forms a legend for a map. Etymology The word ''symbol'' derives from the late Middle French masculine noun , which appeared around 1380 in a theological sense signifying a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of the spire of Christ Church Cathedral.Section 6Electoral Ordinance 1988 (Ordinance No. 21 of 1988) read with thElections (Boundaries of Constituencies) Regulations 1989 (S.R. & O. No. 11 of 1989) This covers the city of Stanley, 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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hustings
A husting originally referred to a native Germanic governing assembly, the thing. By metonymy, the term may now refer to any event (such as debates or speeches) during an election campaign where one or more of the candidates are present. Development of the term The origin of the term comes from the Old English and Old Norse (literally "house thing"), an assembly of the followers or household retainers of a nobleman,hustings (n.) ''''. such as a king, earl or chief. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manifesto
A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government. A manifesto can accept a previously published opinion or public consensus, but many prominent manifestos—such as ''The Communist Manifesto'' (1848) and those of various artistic movements—reject accepted knowledge in favor of a new idea. Manifestos relating to religious belief are generally referred to as ''creeds'' or ''confessions of faith''. Etymology The Italian word , itself derived from the Latin , meaning "clear" or "conspicuous". Its first recorded use in English is from 1620, in Nathaniel Brent's translation of the Italian from Paolo Sarpi's ''History of the Council of Trent'': "To this citation he made answer by a Manifesto" (p. 102). Similarly, "They were so farre surprised with his Manifesto, that they would never suffer it to be published" (p. 103).''Oxford English Dictionary,'' s.v. “manifesto (n.) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkland Islands Television Service
Telecommunications in the Falkland Islands includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. Radio and television * Radio: Radio services provided by the public broadcaster, Falkland Islands Radio Service, broadcasting on both AM and FM frequencies, and by the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) (2007)."Communications: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)" ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014. * Radio sets: 1,000 (1997). * |
