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Constituency
  
Wicklow

Role
  
Irish Politician

Nationality
  
Irish

Political party
  
Independent

Party
  
Independent politician

Name
  
Mildred Fox


Mildred Fox Former TD Mildred Fox jumps on the band wagon and keeps it country


Born
  
17 June 1971 (age 53) (
1971-06-17
)


Mildred Fox (born 17 June 1971) is a former Irish Independent politician. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 1995 to 2007.

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Mildred Fox Mildred Fox Wicklow 1997 Irish Election Literature

Private life

She was educated at St. Killian's Community School in Bray and is a graduate of University College Dublin holding a BA degree. Before becoming a TD, she worked as a hotel manager. She is married with three children.

Political career

During the 1997–2002 Dáil she gained some notability as she, and other independent TDs, supported the government which otherwise would not have had an overall majority. Before and after this period she was little known outside Wicklow. She was also a member of Wicklow County Council from 1995 to 2003, when she vacated her seat in favour of her brother, Christopher, when the dual mandate ended.

She was first elected to the 27th Dáil at the Wicklow by-election in June 1995 following the death of her father, sitting independent TD Johnny Fox. She was re-elected at the 1997 general election and again at the 2002 general election. On both occasions, she was the last candidate to reach the quota. In 2002 she was elected by an extremely narrow margin of 19 votes over the Labour Party candidate Nicky Kelly. She retired at the 2007 general election. Fox wished to spend more time with her family.

References

Mildred Fox Wikipedia


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