Norma Edwards
Norma Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council for Camp | |
| In office 12 October 1989 – 17 November 2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Richard Stevens |
| Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council for Stanley | |
| In office 3 October 1985 – 1987 | |
| Succeeded by | Terry Betts |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Falkland Islander |
| Party | Nonpartisan |
| Spouse | Roger Edwards |
| Children | Emma, Rebecca |
Norma Edwards OBE is a Falkland Islands politician. She served for two decades on the Falkland Islands Legislative Council[1] and has been described as a "noted hard-liner" in opposition to Argentine control of the islands.[2]
Edwards is a native Falkland Islander, the fourth generation born on the islands.[3] She pursued her early schooling there before leaving for the United Kingdom, where she trained as a nurse.[1] She lived for a time in Portsmouth, England, where her daughters Emma and Rebecca were born, before returning to the Falklands with her family after the 1982 war.[4]
She was first elected to the Falkland Islands Legislative Council to represent Stanley in 1985, the first election after the islands' 1985 constitution came into force.[5] She resigned from that post in 1987,[6] and in 1989 she returned to the council as a representative of the Camp constituency, a position she held until her retirement in 2005.[7][8]
Edwards has advocated in favor of the Falkland Islands' right to self-determination, in opposition to Argentina's claim to the islands.[1][9] She was a fierce opponent of the 1999 Anglo-Argentine joint agreement[8] and offered testimony to the United Nations in favor of the British side of the dispute.[10]
Her husband, Roger Edwards, whom she married in 1970,[1] is a current member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly. The couple has lived on and run a farm on West Falkland since 1986.[11] Her daughter Emma Edwards also served on the Legislative Assembly from 2009 until 2011. Her younger daughter, Rebecca, is the first-ever female physician from the Falklands.[3][8]
Edwards was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 Birthday Honours for "services to the community."[12]
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- ^ "News in Brief" (PDF) (90). Penguin News. 30 January 1987: 11.
- ^ "Penguin News". Jane Cameron National Archives. 13 October 1989.
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