- Ted Nealon
Ted Nealon (born 1 November 1929) is a former Irish
Fine Gael politician. He was first elected toDáil Éireann in the 1981 general election as aTeachta Dála (TD) for Sligo-Leitrim, and was re-elected at each successive election until he retired from politics at the 1997 general election.He served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture from 1981 to 1982 in the Fine Gael–Labour Party government of the
22nd Dáil . After the November 1982 general election, another Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition was returned to office in the24th Dáil underTaoiseach Garret FitzGerald . In February 1983, he was appointedMinister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (with responsibilities for Arts and Culture). He was also Minister of State at the Department of Posts & Telegraphs, subsequently becoming Minister of State at the Department of Communications when the department was re-named.He is also well known as as the editor and compiler of "Nealon's Guide to the Dáil". This book comes out after every general election and is regarded as the 'bible' of political statistics and information.
Prior to going into politics, Nealon was a well-known current affairs presenter on RTÉ. He won a Jacob's Award for his hosting of the TV coverage of the 1973 Irish general election results.
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