Camp (constituency) explained

Camp
Type:Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands
Map Size:250px
Map Entity:the Falkland Islands
Map4:Camp (constituency).svg
Population:381 (2016)[1]
Towns:Fox Bay, Goose Green, Darwin, Port Howard, Port Louis
Year:1977
Members:Teslyn Barkman
John Birmingham
Jack Ford
Elects Howmany:1 (1977-1985)
4 (1985-1997)
3 (1997-present)
Party:Nonpartisans

Camp is a constituency of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands which has been in existence since 1977. The constituency of Camp consists of all parts of the territory which lie more than 3.5 miles from the spire of Christ Church Cathedral, Stanley.[2] It takes its name from the term "Camp", which refers to the territory outside the city of Stanley and RAF Mount Pleasant. Camp is one of two constituencies in the Falklands, the other being Stanley.

The Camp constituency was created at the 1977 election with the implementation of the Falkland Islands (Legislative Council) (Amendment) Order 1977, initially electing one member to the Legislative Council (the predecessor of the Legislative Assembly). In 1985 the Falkland Islands Constitution came into force which increased the number of members from Camp to four, elected through block voting. This was reduced to three in 1997 following a constitutional amendment. In 2009 a new constitution came into force which replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly, with all members of the Legislative Council becoming members of the new Legislative Assembly.

In referendums in 2001, 2011 and 2020, a proposal was put to the people of the Falklands for the Stanley and Camp constituencies to be abolished and replaced with a single constituency for the entire territory. The proposal was rejected on all three occasions.[3] [4]

Members

Election1st Member2nd Member3rd Member4th Member
Timothy John Durose Miller
Anthony Thomas Blake
Robin Myles Lee Lionel Geoffrey Blake Timothy John Durose Miller
Eric Miller Goss
Ron Binnie Kevin Kilmartin
Eric Goss Richard Stevens
Philip Miller
Ian Hansen
Richard Stevens
Sharon Halford
Ian Hansen
Phyl Rendell
Teslyn Barkman
2021John Birmingham
2023 (by-election)Jack Ford

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census 2016 Headline Results . 2017 . Falkland Islands Government Policy Unit . 18 November 2020 . 31 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031103512/https://www.fig.gov.fk/policy/component/jdownloads/?task=download.send&id=42&catid=4&m=0&Itemid=101 . dead .
  2. Section 6, Electoral Ordinance 1988 (Ordinance No. 21 of 1988), read with the Elections (Boundaries of Constituencies) Regulations 1989 (S.R. & O. No. 11 of 1989).
  3. News: Falkland Islands voters overwhelmingly reject single constituency proposal . MercoPress . 4 November 2011. 29 April 2014.
  4. News: Falkland Islands votes to remain a two electoral constituency . 25 September 2020 . MercoPress . 25 September 2020 . en.