Mildred Fox

Mildred Fox
Teachta Dála
In office June 1995 – May 2007
Constituency	Wicklow
Personal details
Born	21 June 1971 (1971-06-21) (age 40)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Mildred Fox (born 17 June 1971) is a former Irish Independent politician. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 1995–2007.^[1]

During the 1997–2002 Dáil she gained some notability as she, and other independent TD's, 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 educated at St. Killian's Community School in Bray and is a graduate of University College Dublin holding a B.A. degree. Before becoming a TD, she worked as s hotel manager.

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.^[2] 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.^[3] Fox wished to spend more time with her husband and three young children.

References

1. ^ "Ms. Mildred Fox". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=29&MemberID=432&ConstID=184. Retrieved 21 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Mildred Fox". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4212. Retrieved 21 July 2010. 
3. ^ "Fox & Mitchell not standing in election". RTÉ News. 24 November 2006. http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1124/tds.html. 

External links

• Mildred Fox's website

Oireachtas
Preceded by Johnny Fox (Independent)	Independent Teachta Dála for Wicklow 1995–2007	Succeeded by Andrew Doyle (Fine Gael)

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Name	Fox, Mildred
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Date of birth	21 June 1971
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