Leona Vidal Roberts

The Honourable
Leona Vidal Roberts
MLA
Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly
for Stanley
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 November 2017
Preceded byGavin Short
Personal details
Born
Leona Lucila Vidal

1972 (age 51–52)
Punta Arenas, Chile
NationalityBritish/Chilean
Political partyNonpartisan
SpouseDavid
ChildrenNicholas & Deanna
Alma materStradbroke College

Leona Lucila Vidal Roberts (born 1972) is a Falkland Islands curator, radio broadcaster and politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since the 2017 general election.[1] She previously served as Director and Manager of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust.[2]

Roberts was born in Punta Arenas, Chile to Nelson Vidal and Eileen Biggs (a fifth generation Falkland Islander). The family moved to the Falklands when she was three.[3] After attending Stanley Senior School, Roberts went to the United Kingdom to study Journalistic Law at Stradbroke College in Sheffield,[2] where she met her husband.[3]

In 1989 Roberts became an Assistant Editor at Penguin News in Stanley and then in 1994 she moved to the Government Printing Office. Roberts was appointed Director and Manager of the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust in 2002[2] Roberts has also been the host of Children’s Corner on the Falkland Islands Radio Service.[4]

  1. ^ "Falkland Islands Elects New Legislative Assembly". MercoPress. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "LinkedIn profiles". LinkedIn. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Niebieskikwiat, Natasha (9 November 2017). "Una chilena será legisladora de las Islas Malvinas" [A Chilean will be a Falkland Islands legislator]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Leona Roberts". Falkland Islands Radio Service. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.