Roger Edwards (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Roger Edwards
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Constituency Am:Camp
Assembly:Falkland Islands Legislative
Term Start:5 November 2009
Predecessor:Ian Hansen
Office1:Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council
for Camp
Term Start1:22 November 2001
Term End1:17 November 2005
Predecessor1:Richard Cockwell
Successor1:Michael Rendell
Birth Place:Brinkworth, Wiltshire
Nationality:British
Party:Nonpartisan
Spouse:Norma Edwards
Children:Emma Edwards, Rebecca Edwards
Alma Mater:Britannia Royal Naval College
Branch: Royal Marines
Royal Navy
Serviceyears:1963–1986
Unit:Fleet Air Arm, D Squadron SAS
Battles:Falklands War

Roger Edwards (born 1946) is a former Royal Marine who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Camp constituency since the 2009 general election, winning re-election in 2013 and 2017. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 20012005 and is the father of former MLA Emma Edwards.[1]

Edwards joined the Royal Marines in 1963, but transferred to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in September 1965, before going on to the Britannia Royal Naval College during which time he trained to be a pilot at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. From 1973 to 1975, Edwards served on HMS Endurance while it patrolled Falklands territorial waters. He was attached to the Special Air Service in 1982 during the Falklands War.[1]

In 1982 Edwards retired from the armed forces and bought a farm on West Falkland with his wife, Norma (a Falkland Islander and former member of the Legislative Council). His current portfolios as an MLA are Treasury & Taxation and Europe.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roger Edwards bio . Falkland Islands Government . falklands.gov.fk . 9 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101216184532/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/Hon._Roger_Edwards.html . 16 December 2010 .