Camp (constituency)

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 the area of the same name, which is all parts of the territory outside 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 referenda in 2001 and 2011, 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 both occasions.^[2]

Members

References

Constituencies in the Falkland Islands
Current constituencies	Camp Stanley
Historic constituencies	East Falkland (1949–1985) West Falkland (1949-1985) East Stanley (1977-1985) West Stanley (1977-1985)

Current members of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands
Stanley constituency	Jan Cheek Barry Elsby Michael Poole Gavin Short Mike Summers
Camp constituency	Roger Edwards Ian Hansen Phyl Rendell
Ex officio members	Chief Executive: Barry Rowland Director of Finance: Nicola Granger
Speaker: Keith Biles