Terry Coe

Terry Donald Coe is a Niuean politician and former cabinet minister.

Terry Coe
Member of the Niuean Parliament
for Common Roll
In office
27 February 1993  29 April 2023

He was first elected to the Niue Assembly as a common roll member in the 1993 Niuean general election, and immediately made a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Frank Lui.[1]

Coe served as a minister in the Cabinet of Premier Frank Lui between 1993 and 1999, serving as Minister of Finance, Telecommunications, and Public Works, as well as other portfolios.[1][2] He lost his place in Cabinet after Lui was defeated in the 1999 election[3] and has since become a key member of the country's opposition.[4]

After the 1999 election, Coe supported O'Love Jacobsen for premier.[3]

In 2002, he was unsuccessfully prosecuted for criminal libel by the government. The charges were dismissed after police failed to produce any evidence.[5]

In 2011, he criticised his fellow MPs for voting themselves a sizeable increase in salary. He said the pay rises for politicians were a waste of public money that “would be better spent on development”.[6]

He was re-elected in the 2020 election.[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic he opposed moves by the Niuean government to relax covid protections.[8]

He lost his seat in the 2023 election.[1]

References

  1. Esther Pavihi (1 May 2023). "Two long serving MPs Terry Coe and Opili Talafasi will not be returning to the next Niue Legislative Assembly". TV Niue. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. "Small is dutiful". UNEP. 1998. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  3. Stephen Levine (2000). "Political Review: Niue". The Contemporary Pacific. 12 (1): 231–236. doi:10.1353/cp.2000.0020.
  4. "Niue premier survives no confidence vote". Radio New Zealand International. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  5. "Niue MP may pursue police over "malicious prosecution"". RNZ. 12 June 2002. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  6. "Concerns raised after Niue MPs vote themselves big salary increases". RNZ. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. "Two new MPs top voting in Niue election". RNZ. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  8. "Niue Covid protection rules slammed". RNZ. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2023.


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