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West Falkland (constituency)

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West Falkland
Former Falkland Islands Legislative Council constituency
Outline map
Location of West Falkland within the Falkland Islands
Major settlementsPort Howard, Port Albemarle, Chartres, Dunnose Head, Fox Bay, Fox Bay West, Hill Cove, Port Stephens, Roy Cove
Former constituency
Created1949
Abolished1985
Number of membersOne
Replaced byCamp

West Falkland was a constituency of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands which was in existence from the first elections in the Falklands in 1949 until the 1985 election when the Falkland Islands Constitution came into force, abolishing the constituency. The constituency of West Falkland elected one member to the Legislative Council and consisted of the island of the same name and some neighbouring islands. West Falkland is now part of the Camp constituency.

Members

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Election Member
1949 Keith William Luxton
1952
1956 Sydney Miller
1960 Lewis Arnold Charles Bedford
1964 Sydney Miller
1968
1971 Lionel Geoffrey Blake
1976
1977 Derek Stanley Evans
1980 by-election Lionel Geoffrey Blake
1981
1985 Constituency abolished.