Jim Ruttle

James Ruttle is an Irish former politician. He was a Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann from 1980 to 1981.^[1] He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 14th Seanad on 20 June 1980 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Yeats.^[2] He did not contest the 1981 Seanad election.^[1] He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate for the Wicklow constituency at the 1981 general election.

In 1988 he was co-opted to replace the deceased Cllr Jim Miley by Fianna Fail, however he was not selected to run for the party in 1991 local elections.^{[citation needed]}

From 1991 to 2019, he was an Independent member of Wicklow County Council for the Baltinglass electoral area, which covers the western portion of County Wicklow.^[3] He retired from politics at the 2019 local elections.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[edit]

Ruttle was the son of Earnest Ruttle and Jane Valentine, he is a member of the Church of Ireland.^[4] He trained in Gurteen Agricultural College. A farmer in Manor Kilbride, he is married to Kathryn, and they have two sons.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Jim Ruttle". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 94: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. 24 June 1980. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ "Jim Ruttle". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
^ Councillor Jim Ruttle set to retire after three decades in post by David Metcaff, Bray People, 20 April 2019.
^ Message from Cllr Jim Ruttle Wicklow News, 3 May 2014.

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[oireachtas_db-1] "Jim Ruttle". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

[Ruttle-2] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 94: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. 24 June 1980. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

[elecs_irl-3] "Jim Ruttle". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

[4] Councillor Jim Ruttle set to retire after three decades in post by David Metcaff, Bray People, 20 April 2019.

[5] Message from Cllr Jim Ruttle Wicklow News, 3 May 2014.

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Elected or nominated later	1977 Michael Donnelly (FF) 1979 Catherine McGuinness (Ind) 1980 Jim Doolan (FF) Jim Ruttle (FF) 1981 P. J. Mara (FF) Joseph O'Neill (FF)
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