Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Leona Vidal Roberts | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Constituency Am: | Stanley |
Assembly: | Falkland Islands Legislative |
Term Start: | 9 November 2017 |
Predecessor: | Gavin Short |
Birth Place: | Punta Arenas, Chile |
Birthname: | Leona Lucila Vidal |
Nationality: | British/Chilean |
Party: | Nonpartisan |
Spouse: | David |
Children: | Nicholas & Deanna |
Alma Mater: | Stradbroke 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]