Michael Poole (politician)

The Honourable Michael Poole MLA
Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly for Stanley
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 November 2013
Preceded by	Dick Sawle
Personal details
Born	(1984-10-04) 4 October 1984
Nationality	Falkland Islander
Political party	Nonpartisan

Michael Poole (born 4 October 1984) is a Falkland Islands politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since the 2013 general election. Poole is the first member of the Legislative Assembly to have been born after the Falklands War.^[1]

Prior to his election Poole was a Senior Economist and Statistical Analyst in the Policy Unit of the Falkland Islands Government.^[2] He had previously worked as a manager in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Stanley and was a representative of a fishing industry association.^[3] In 2012 Poole travelled with a group of young islanders to promote the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination at a meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonisation in New York City^[4] and later at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament in London.^[5]

References

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