Sheila Terry (politician)

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Sheila Terry
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12 September 2002 13 September 2007

Sheila Terry (born 7 June 1950) [1] is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a member of the 22nd Seanad.

As a member of the Progressive Democrats (PDs), Terry was elected at the 1991 local elections as a PD member of Fingal County Council for the Castleknock electoral area. She stood as a PD candidate in the Dublin West constituency at the 1992 general election and at the by-election in 1996. [2]

She left the Progressive Democrats before the 1999 local elections, when she was re-elected to the council as an independent, and joined Fine Gael in about 2000. She then stood as a Fine Gael for Dáil Éireann in the Dublin West constituency at the 2002 general election, but did not win a seat. However, in the subsequent Seanad elections she was elected by the Industrial and Commercial Panel. [2]

She gave up her council seat when the dual mandate was abolished in 2003 (future Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was co-opted to replace her on the council), [3] and did not contest the 2007 general election. She stood again in the 2007 Seanad election, but lost her seat. [2]

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References

  1. "Sheila Terry". Oirechatas Members Database. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sheila Terry". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
  3. Bardon, Sarah. "Leo Varadkar: The man who evolved into a taoiseach". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 January 2022.