Gavin Short

Gavin Phillip Short (born 1962) is a Falkland Islands politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since 2021.[1] As of 2011[update] Short works for Cable & Wireless and is the Chairman of the General Employees' Union.[1] In November 2009, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Stanley, and in June 2010 he represented the Falklands at the annual meeting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation in New York City.In 2018 he joined the Falkland Islands Radio Service as a Senior News Correspondent.[4] In June 2023, Short and fellow assembly member John Birmingham addressed the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization to speak about the dispute over the islands’ sovereignty.
The HonourableFalkland Islands Legislative AssemblyStanleyIncumbentBarry ElsbyMike SummersLeona Vidal RobertsNorma EdwardsSharon HalfordFalkland IslandsNonpartisanmemberLegislative AssemblyStanley constituencyMember of the Legislative CouncilCable & WirelessGeneral Employees' UnionFalkland Islands Defence Forcevolunteer firemanUN Special Committee on DecolonisationNew York Cityre-election in 20132017 general electionFalkland Islands Radio ServiceJohn BirminghamUnited Nations Special Committee on Decolonizationdispute