East Falkland (constituency)

East Falkland
Former Falkland Islands Legislative Council Constituency
Outline map
Location of East Falkland within the Falkland Islands
Major settlements Port Louis, Darwin, Port San Carlos, San Carlos, Salvador, Johnson's Harbour, Fitzroy, Mare Harbour, and Goose Green
Former constituency
Created 1949
Abolished 1985
Number of members One
Replaced by Camp

East Falkland was a constituency of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands which was in existence from the first elections in the Falklands in 1949 until the 1985 election when the Falkland Islands Constitution came into force, abolishing the constituency. The constituency of East Falkland elected one member to the Legislative Council and consisted of the whole area of the island of East Falkland, excluding Stanley, and some neighbouring islands. In 1964 it become the first seat to elect a female Councillor, Marjorie Vinson.[1] East Falkland is now part of the Camp constituency.

Members

ElectionMember
1949Arthur Grenfell Barton
1952Thomas Andrew Gilruth
1956
1960George Christopher Reginald Bonner
1964Marjorie Vinson
1968Robin Andreas Mackintosh Pitaluga
1971Adrian Bertrand Monk
1976
1977
1981Ronald Eric Binnie
1985Constituency abolished.

References

  1. ↑ "More political history" (PDF). Penguin News. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 2016-10-24.


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