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 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.

Camp
Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands constituency
Location of Camp within the Falkland Islands
Population	381 (2016)[1]
Major settlements	Fox Bay, Goose Green, Darwin, Port Howard, Port Louis
Current constituency
Created	1977
Number of members	1 (1977-1985) 4 (1985-1997) 3 (1997-present)
Party	Nonpartisans
Member(s)	Teslyn Barkman John Birmingham Jack Ford

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

Election	1st Member	2nd Member	3rd Member	4th Member
1977	Timothy John Durose Miller
1981	Anthony Thomas Blake
1985		Robin Myles Lee	Lionel Geoffrey Blake	Timothy John Durose Miller
1986 (by-election)				Eric Miller Goss
1989	Ron Binnie	Norma Edwards	Bill Luxton	Kevin Kilmartin
1993	Eric Goss			Richard Stevens
1997	Richard Cockwell
2001	Roger Edwards		Philip Miller
2003 (by-election)			Ian Hansen
2005	Mike Rendell	Richard Stevens
2009	Roger Edwards	Bill Luxton	Sharon Halford
2011 (by-election)		Ian Hansen
2013			Phyl Rendell
2017			Teslyn Barkman
2021	John Birmingham
2023 (by-election)		Jack Ford

References

1. "Census 2016 Headline Results". Falkland Islands Government Policy Unit. 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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. "Falkland Islands voters overwhelmingly reject single constituency proposal". MercoPress. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
4. "Falkland Islands votes to remain a two electoral constituency". MercoPress. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.