Marjorie Vinson

Marjorie Vinson (21 May 1905 – 30 November 2000) was a British-born teacher. After moving to the Falkland Islands she became the first woman to be elected to the islands' Legislative Council in 1964.

Biography Vinson was born in Liverpool in May 1905, the oldest of five children of Florence (née Greaves) and Ernest Downs, a ship captain. With her father often at sea, she raised her younger siblings during her teenage years. she became the first woman elected to the Legislative Council. During her term in the council she focused on education in Camp. When Dick retired in 1971, the couple moved to Datchet in England. She died in November 2000.