- Pearse Wyse
Pearse Wyse (born March 1928) was an Irish
Fianna Fáil andProgressive Democrats politician.Pearse Wyse was born in Cork in 1928. He first held political office in 1960 when he was elected to
Cork City Council . Five years later he was first elected toDáil Éireann as aFianna Fáil Teachta Dála and running mate ofJack Lynch in the 1965 general election for the constituency of Cork City. He held his seat at each subsequent election until he retired from the Dáil before the 1992 general election.Wyse was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance in 1977 and served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 1978 until 1979. A staunch supporter of
Jack Lynch , Wyse opposedCharles Haughey in every leadership contest from when he assumed the role, becoming a member of the so-calledGang of 22 . He was an affiliate ofDesmond O'Malley and had supportedGeorge Colley in theFianna Fáil leadership election, 1979 . Disaffected from the party leadership, Wyse was one of the founders of theProgressive Democrats in 1985. He held his seat as a Progressive Democrat TD in the 1987 and 1989 general elections.Wyse's seat was retained by
Pat Cox in the 1992 general election. He remained a member of Cork City Council until he retired in 1999 having held his seat for almost forty years. He also served a term asLord Mayor of Cork , in 1974.References
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