Gavin Short

{{Short description|Falkland Islands politician (born 1962)}}

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| constituency_AM = Stanley

| assembly = Falkland Islands Legislative

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| term_start = 4 November 2021

| predecessor = Barry Elsby

| term_start1 = 5 November 2009

| term_end1 = 9 November 2017

| predecessor1 = Mike Summers

| successor1 = Leona Vidal Roberts

| term_start2 = 12 October 1989

| term_end2 = 14 October 1993

| predecessor2 = Norma Edwards

| successor2 = Sharon Halford

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}

| birth_place = Falkland Islands

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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. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1989 to 1993 and again from 2009 to 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/self-governance/legislative/assembly-members/hon-gavin-short/ |title=Gavin Short bio |work=Falkland Islands Government |publisher=falklands.gov.fk |accessdate=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130903043939/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/self-governance/legislative/assembly-members/hon-gavin-short/ |archivedate=3 September 2013 }}

{{As of|2011}} Short works for Cable & Wireless and is the Chairman of the General Employees' Union. He is a former member of the Falkland Islands Defence Force and a volunteer fireman.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/documents/C24%20Speech%202010%20-%20Hon%20Gavin%20Short%20MLA.pdf |title=Special Committee of 24 on Decolonisation |date=25 June 2010 |work=falklands.gov.fk |accessdate=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308122551/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/documents/C24%20Speech%202010%20-%20Hon%20Gavin%20Short%20MLA.pdf |archivedate=8 March 2012 }}

Short won re-election in 2013, but lost his seat at the 2017 general election. In 2018 he joined the Falkland Islands Radio Service as a Senior News Correspondent.{{Cite news|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2018/01/12/falklands-radio-station-with-new-old-faces|title=Falklands radio station with new old faces|work=MercoPress|access-date=2018-01-12}} He returned to the assembly at the next election.{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Katharyn |title=Election Results {{!}} Falkland Islands Television |url=https://fitv.co.fk/news-and-events/election-results/ |website=FITV |access-date=7 September 2024 |date=5 November 2021}}

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.{{cite web |title=Falklands:”We do not ask you to support the UK nor Argentina but “supporting our right”|url= https://en.mercopress.com/2023/06/21/falklands-we-do-not-ask-you-to-support-the-uk-nor-argentina-but-supporting-our-right |website=MercoPress |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=21 June 2023}}