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Gavin Short

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Gavin Short
Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly
for Stanley
In office
5 November 2009 – 9 November 2017
Preceded byMike Summers
Succeeded byLeona Vidal Roberts
Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council
for Stanley
In office
12 October 1989 – 14 October 1993
Preceded byNorma Edwards
Succeeded bySharon Halford
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Falkland Islands
Political partyNonpartisan
SpouseN/A

Gavin Phillip Short (born 1962) is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from 2009 until 2017. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 19891993.[1]

As of 2011 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gavin Short bio". Falkland Islands Government. falklands.gov.fk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation" (PDF). falklands.gov.fk. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Falklands radio station with new old faces". MercoPress. Retrieved 12 January 2018.