Sharon Halford

{{Short description|Falkland Islands politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|name = Sharon Halford

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|constituency_AM = the Camp

|assembly = Falkland Islands Legislative

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|term_start = 5 November 2009

|term_end = 7 November 2013

|predecessor = Mike Rendell

|successor = Phyl Rendell

| office1 = Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council
for Stanley

| term_start1 = 14 October 1993

| term_end1 = 22 November 2001

| predecessor1 = Fred Robson

| successor1 = Richard Cockwell

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|27|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Stanley, Falkland Islands

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|party = Nonpartisan

|spouse = Rodney "John" Halford

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|children = 2 daughters

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Sharon Halford (born 27 November 1953) is a Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Camp constituency from 2009 until 2013. Halford was also a Member of the Legislative Council from 1993–2001 for Stanley.{{cite web |url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/Hon._Sharon_Halford.html |title=Sharon Halford bio |work=Falkland Islands Government |publisher=falklands.gov.fk |accessdate=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216184442/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assembly/Hon._Sharon_Halford.html |archivedate=16 December 2010 }}

In 2011 Halford and her husband represented the islands at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2011/04/29/falkland-islands-declares-public-holiday-and-celebrates-with-a-community-party |title=Falkland Islands declares public holiday and celebrates with a community party |author= |date=29 April 2011 |publisher=MercoPress |accessdate=15 June 2011}} She also attended the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London in 2012 with Jan Cheek{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2012/12/07/overseas-territories-reaffirm-self-determination-and-call-for-de-listing-from-decolonization-committee |title=Overseas Territories reaffirm self determination and call for de-listing from Decolonization Committee |author= |date=7 December 2012|publisher=MercoPress |accessdate=9 November 2013}} and in 2013 Halford took part in a campaign to promote the interests of the Falkland Islanders following the sovereignty referendum.{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2012/09/15/busy-international-agenda-for-falkland-islands-lawmakers |title=Busy international agenda for Falkland Islands lawmakers |author= |date=15 September 2012|publisher=MercoPress |accessdate=9 November 2013}} This included representing the Falklands at the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization in New York City{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2013/06/20/falklands-people-happy-exercising-self-determination-and-with-current-relationship-with-uk |title=Falklands' people happy exercising self-determination and with 'current relationship with UK' |author= |date=20 June 2012|publisher=MercoPress |accessdate=9 November 2013}} and at the annual conference of the British Islands and Mediterranean Region of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2012/02/08/falklands-lawmakers-lobby-caribbean-nations-in-support-of-self-determination |title=Falklands' lawmakers lobby Caribbean nations in support of self-determination |author= |date=8 February 2012|publisher=MercoPress |accessdate=9 November 2013}} Halford stood for re-election in November 2013, but lost her seat to Phyl Rendell.{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2013/11/08/falklands-election-delivers-two-new-and-most-voted-faces-to-the-legislative-assembly |title=Falklands election delivers two new (and most voted) faces to the Legislative Assembly |author= |date=9 November 2013|publisher=MercoPress |accessdate=9 November 2013}}