serviceyears branch children nationality birth_date term_end constituency_am alma_mater battles term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place assembly unit party office successor article_title
1963-1986 23px royal marines and 23px royal navy emma edwards british yes 1946 17 november 2005 camp britannia royal naval college falklands war 5 november 2009 22 november 2001 norma edwards file : roger edwards , foreign and commonwealth office.jpg roger edwards ian hansen richard cockwell brinkworth , wiltshire falkland islands legislative fleet air arm , d squadron sas nonpartisan member of the falkland islands legislative council for camp michael rendell roger edwards -lrb- falkland islands politician -rrb-

roger edwards -lrb- falkland islands politician -rrb-

roger anthony edwards -lrb- born 1946 -rrb- is a former royal marine who has served as a member of the legislative assembly for the camp constituency since the 2009 general election , winning re-election in 2013 .
he was previously a member of the legislative council from 2001-2005 and is the father of former mla emma edwards .
edwards joined the royal marines in 1963 , but transferred to the royal navy 's fleet air arm in september 1965 , before going on to the britannia royal naval college during which time he trained to be a pilot at raf linton-on-ouse .
from 1973 to 1975 , edwards served on hms `` endurance '' while it patrolled falklands territorial waters .
he was attached to the special air service in 1982 during the falklands war .
in 1982 edwards retired from the armed forces and bought a farm on west falkland with his wife , norma -lrb- a falkland islander and former member of the legislative council -rrb- .
his current portfolios as an mla are treasury & taxation and europe .
