Preceded by Dick Sawle Nationality British | Name Michael Poole | |
Born 4 October 1984 (age 39) ( 1984-10-04 ) Role Member of Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands Office Member of Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands since 2013 | ||
Political party Independent politician | ||
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.
Prior to his election Poole was a Senior Economist and Statistical Analyst in the Policy Unit of the Falkland Islands Government. 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. 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 and later at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament in London.