Glenn Ross is a Falkland Islands engineer and politician who served as a Member

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

 of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency

Stanley, Falkland Islands

Stanley is the capital and only true cityin the Falkland Islands. It is located on the isle of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2006 census, the city had a population of 2,115...

 from the 2009 general election

Falkland Islands general election, 2009

The Falkland Islands general election of 2009 was held on Thursday 5 November 2009 to elect members to the Legislative Assembly. It was the first general election in the Falkland Islands since the new constitution came into force on 1 January 2009, which replaced the old Legislative Council with...

 until his resignation in 2011.

In 1979 Ross became an apprentice electrician, he then went on to study at the University of Southampton

University of Southampton

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 and New College Durham

New College Durham

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, becoming a Chartered Engineer in 2006. He married Jan in 1985 with whom he has two daughters. In April 2011 Ross resigned from the Legislative Assembly in order to concentrate on his work at the islands' power station. His seat on the Assembly was filled by Mike Summers

Mike Summers

Michael Victor Summers OBE is a Falkland Islands politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Stanley constituency since he won a by-election in 2011. He was previously a Member of the Legislative Council from 1996-2009.Summers was born in Stanley and grew up in Port...

 in a by-election

By-election

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on 23 June 2011.