Gavin Short

The Honourable
Gavin Short
Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly
for Stanley
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 November 2021
Preceded byBarry Elsby
In office
5 November 2009 – 9 November 2017
Preceded byMike Summers
Succeeded byLeona Vidal Roberts
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 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.[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] He returned to the assembly at the next election.[4]

In June 2023, Short and fellow assembly member John Birmingham addressed the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization to speak about the dispute over the islands’ sovereignty.[5]

  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.
  4. ^ Daniels, Katharyn (5 November 2021). "Election Results | Falkland Islands Television". FITV. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Falklands:"We do not ask you to support the UK nor Argentina but "supporting our right"". MercoPress. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2024.