# Gavin Short > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gavin_Short > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gavin_Short.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Short > Source revision: 1349883898 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Falkland Islands politician (born 1962)}} {{Use British English|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) | name = Gavin Short | honorific_suffix = | image = Gavin Short (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = [Stanley](/source/Stanley_(constituency)) | assembly = Falkland Islands Legislative | majority = | term_start = 4 November 2021 | term_end = 31 October 2025 | predecessor = [Barry Elsby](/source/Barry_Elsby) | term_start1 = 5 November 2009 | term_end1 = 9 November 2017 | predecessor1 = [Mike Summers](/source/Mike_Summers) | successor1 = [Leona Vidal Roberts](/source/Leona_Vidal_Roberts) | term_start2 = 12 October 1989 | term_end2 = 14 October 1993 | predecessor2 = [Norma Edwards](/source/Norma_Edwards) | successor2 = [Sharon Halford](/source/Sharon_Halford) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}} | birth_place = [Falkland Islands](/source/Falkland_Islands) | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = [Nonpartisan](/source/Independent_(politics)) | spouse = N/A | partner = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Gavin Phillip Short''' (born 1962) is a [Falkland Islands](/source/Falkland_Islander) politician who served as a [Member of the Legislative Council](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Council) for [Stanley constituency](/source/Stanley_(constituency)) from [1989](/source/1989_Falkland_Islands_general_election) to [1993](/source/1993_Falkland_Islands_general_election), and as a [member](/source/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly) of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Falkland_Islands) for the same constituency from [2009](/source/2009_Falkland_Islands_general_election) to [2017](/source/2017_Falkland_Islands_general_election) and again from [2021](/source/2021_Falkland_Islands_general_election) t0 [2025](/source/2025_Falkland_Islands_general_election).{{cite web |url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/self-governance/legislative/assembly-members/hon-gavin-short/ |title=Gavin Short bio |work=Falkland Islands Government |publisher=falklands.gov.fk |accessdate=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130903043939/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/self-governance/legislative/assembly-members/hon-gavin-short/ |archivedate=3 September 2013 }} {{As of|2011}} Short works for [Cable & Wireless](/source/Cable_%26_Wireless_Worldwide) and is the Chairman of the [General Employees' Union](/source/Falkland_Islands_General_Employees_Union). He is a former member of the [Falkland Islands Defence Force](/source/Falkland_Islands_Defence_Force) and a [volunteer fireman](/source/volunteer_fireman). In November 2009, he was elected to the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Falkland_Islands) for Stanley, and in June 2010 he represented the Falklands at the annual meeting of the [UN Special Committee on Decolonisation](/source/Special_Committee_on_Decolonization) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).{{cite web |url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/documents/C24%20Speech%202010%20-%20Hon%20Gavin%20Short%20MLA.pdf |title=Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation |date=25 June 2010 |work=falklands.gov.fk |accessdate=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308122551/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/documents/C24%20Speech%202010%20-%20Hon%20Gavin%20Short%20MLA.pdf |archivedate=8 March 2012 }} Short won [re-election in 2013](/source/2013_Falkland_Islands_general_election), but lost his seat at the [2017 general election](/source/2013_Falkland_Islands_general_election). In 2018 he joined the [Falkland Islands Radio Service](/source/Falkland_Islands_Radio_Service) as a Senior News Correspondent.{{Cite news|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2018/01/12/falklands-radio-station-with-new-old-faces|title=Falklands radio station with new old faces|work=MercoPress|access-date=2018-01-12}} He returned to the assembly at the next election.{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Katharyn |title=Election Results {{!}} Falkland Islands Television |url=https://fitv.co.fk/news-and-events/election-results/ |website=FITV |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=5 November 2021}} In June 2023, Short and fellow assembly member [John Birmingham](/source/John_Birmingham_(politician)) addressed the [United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization](/source/United_Nations_Special_Committee_on_Decolonization) to speak about the [dispute](/source/Falkland_Islands_dispute) over the islands’ sovereignty.{{cite web |title=Falklands:”We do not ask you to support the UK nor Argentina but “supporting our right”|url= https://en.mercopress.com/2023/06/21/falklands-we-do-not-ask-you-to-support-the-uk-nor-argentina-but-supporting-our-right |website=MercoPress |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=21 June 2023}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Short, Gavin}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Falkland Islands Councillors 1989–1993 Category:Falkland Islands MLAs 2009–2013 Category:Falkland Islands MLAs 2013–2017 Category:Falkland Islands MLAs 2021–2025 {{Falklands-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gavin Short](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Short) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Short?action=history)). 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