Liz McManus
| Liz McManus | |
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| Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 25 October 2002 – 4 October 2007 |
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| Leader | Pat Rabbite |
| Preceded by | Brendan Howlin |
| Succeeded by | Joan Burton |
| Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal | |
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In office 20 December 1994 – 26 June 1997 |
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| Taoiseach | John Bruton |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office November 1992 – February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Wicklow |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Elizabeth McManus 23 March 1947 Montreal, Canada |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party (Since 1999) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Left (1992–99), Workers' Party (1979–92) |
| Spouse(s) | John McManus (divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Website | Official website |
Elizabeth "Liz" McManus (born 23 March 1947) is an Irish former politician. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 1992 to 2011.
McManus was born in 1947 in Montreal, Canada. She studied Architecture at University College Dublin, where she shared a drawing desk with Ruairi Quinn. McManus is an accomplished writer. She has won the Hennessy, Listowel and Irish PEN awards in fiction. Her first novel Acts of Subversion was nominated for the Aer Lingus/Irish Times Literature Prize. McManus was also a weekly columnist with the Sunday Tribune from 1986 until 1992.
She first ran for political office in 1979 when she was elected to Bray Town Council for Sinn Féin the Workers' Party. Later she was elected to Wicklow County Council. She helped establish a women's refuge in Bray in 1978 and was its convenor until 1991.
McManus was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1992 general election as a member of Democratic Left. She retained her seat in every subsequent election until her retirement in 2011. In 1994 Democratic Left formed a government with Fine Gael and the Labour Party, and McManus became Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal until that coalition lost power in 1997. During this period she was also a member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Peace and Reconciliation.
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