John Birmingham (politician)

The Honourable John Birmingham
Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly for Stanley
In office 3 January 2008 – 5 November 2009
Preceded by	Richard Davies
Succeeded by	Dick Sawle
Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council for Stanley
In office 15 December 1994 – 17 November 2005
Preceded by	Charles Kennleyside
Succeeded by	Andrea Clausen
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 63–64) Salford, Lancashire
Nationality	Falkland Islander
Political party	Nonpartisan
Spouse(s)	Louise
Alma mater	Chichester College

John Birmingham (born 1953) is a British-born Falkland Islands politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency from a by-election in 2008 until the 2009 general election. Birmingham was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council, which was reconstituted into the Legislative Assembly with the implementation of the 2009 Constitution. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1994–2005.

Birmingham was born in England and educated at Chichester College. At the age of seventeen, he joined the British Merchant Navy. Four years later he left the Navy and travelled to the Falklands to work on a Camp sheep farm. After touring mainland South America, he returned to the islands where he married Louise, and in 1988 the couple moved to Stanley.

Birmingham was first elected to the Legislative Council in a 1994 by-election and was re-elected in 1997 and 2001, but lost his seat in 2005. He returned to the Legislative Council at a by-election in 2008 to fill the seat left vacant by Richard Davies, but he lost his seat again in the 2009 general election.

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