Anne Colley

Irish former politician (born 1951)

Anne Colley
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1987 – June 1989
ConstituencyDublin South
Personal details
Born (1951-07-14) 14 July 1951 (age 72)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Democrats
Parent
  • George Colley (father)
RelativesHarry Colley (grandfather)
Alma materUniversity College Dublin

Anne Marie Colley (born 14 July 1951) is an Irish former politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1987 to 1989.[1]

Background

Colley was born in Dublin in 1951. She studied law at University College Dublin (UCD) and qualified as a solicitor. Her father George Colley, who was a senior Fianna Fáil politician, was closely aligned with Progressive Democrats (PD) founder Desmond O'Malley, in the anti-Charles Haughey wing of the Fianna Fáil party.[2] Her grandfather Harry Colley, was also a Fianna Fáil TD.

Career

She first entered national politics as one of 14 Progressive Democrats TDs elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1987 general election, the first election after the party was founded. She was elected for the Dublin South constituency.[3] The party proved popular, surpassing the Labour Party, to become the third-biggest party in the Dáil.[citation needed]

Colley was appointed party spokesperson on Institutional Reform, Labour and the Public Service. In 1988, she became spokesperson on Justice. She lost her seat at the 1989 general election and retired from politics.[citation needed]

Colley Report

In 2006, she was appointed by then Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, to chair a working group on Civil unions in Ireland.[4][5] Officially called the Options Paper on Cohabiting Couples, (2006) (Dept of Justice, Equality and Law Reform), the paper became known as the Colley Report.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Anne Colley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. ^ Maume, Patrick. "Colley, George". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Anne Colley". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Domestic Partnership Options Paper Published". Department of Justice and Equality. 28 November 2006.
  5. ^ "McDowell will back same sex law change". RTÉ News. 12 May 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007.
  6. ^ "Gay 'marriages' soon to be legal". Irish Independent. 1 November 2007.
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin South constituency
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Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Thomas Kelly
(SF)
Daniel McCarthy
(SF)
Constance Markievicz
(SF)
Cathal Ó Murchadha
(SF)
4 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922 Thomas Kelly
(PT-SF)
Daniel McCarthy
(PT-SF)
William O'Brien
(Lab)
Myles Keogh
(Ind)
4th 1923 Philip Cosgrave
(CnaG)
Daniel McCarthy
(CnaG)
Constance Markievicz
(Rep)
Cathal Ó Murchadha
(Rep)
Michael Hayes
(CnaG)
Peadar Doyle
(CnaG)
1923 by-election Hugh Kennedy
(CnaG)
March 1924 by-election James O'Mara
(CnaG)
November 1924 by-election Seán Lemass
(SF)
1925 by-election Thomas Hennessy
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) James Beckett
(CnaG)
Vincent Rice
(NL)
Constance Markievicz
(FF)
Thomas Lawlor
(Lab)
Seán Lemass
(FF)
1927 by-election Thomas Hennessy
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep) Robert Briscoe
(FF)
Myles Keogh
(CnaG)
Frank Kerlin
(FF)
7th 1932 James Lynch
(FF)
8th 1933 James McGuire
(CnaG)
Thomas Kelly
(FF)
9th 1937 Myles Keogh
(FG)
Thomas Lawlor
(Lab)
Joseph Hannigan
(Ind)
Peadar Doyle
(FG)
10th 1938 James Beckett
(FG)
James Lynch
(FF)
1939 by-election John McCann
(FF)
11th 1943 Maurice Dockrell
(FG)
James Larkin Jnr
(Lab)
John McCann
(FF)
12th 1944
13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-Central, Dublin South-East and Dublin South-West.


Note that the boundaries of Dublin South from 1981–2016 share no common territory with the 1921–1948 boundaries. See §History and boundaries

Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
22nd 1981 Niall Andrews
(FF)
Séamus Brennan
(FF)
Nuala Fennell
(FG)
John Kelly
(FG)
Alan Shatter
(FG)
23rd 1982 (Feb)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987 Tom Kitt
(FF)
Anne Colley
(PDs)
26th 1989 Nuala Fennell
(FG)
Roger Garland
(GP)
27th 1992 Liz O'Donnell
(PDs)
Eithne FitzGerald
(Lab)
28th 1997 Olivia Mitchell
(FG)
29th 2002 Eamon Ryan
(GP)
30th 2007 Alan Shatter
(FG)
2009 by-election George Lee
(FG)
31st 2011 Shane Ross
(Ind)
Peter Mathews
(FG)
Alex White
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Rathdown, Dublin South-West and Dún Laoghaire.