16 Facts About Liz McManus

Liz McManus was born on 23 March 1947 and is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Deputy leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007 and Minister of State at the Department of the Environment from 1994 to 1997.

Liz McManus served as a Teachta Dala for the Wicklow constituency from 1992 to 2011.

Liz McManus studied Architecture at University College Dublin, where she shared a drawing desk with Ruairi Quinn.

Liz McManus has won the Hennessy, Listowel and Irish PEN awards in fiction.

Liz McManus first ran for political office in 1979, when she was elected to Bray Urban District Council for Sinn Fein the Workers' Party.

Liz McManus helped establish a women's refuge in Bray in 1978 and was its convenor until 1991.

Liz McManus was first elected to Dail Eireann at the 1992 general election, as a member of Democratic Left.

Liz McManus 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 Liz McManus was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, with responsibility for Housing and Urban Renewal, serving until the coalition lost office in 1997.

In 1999, Democratic Left merged with the Labour Party, and in 2002 Liz McManus was elected deputy leader of the Labour Party.

Liz McManus became the Labour Party Spokesperson on Health, serving in both positions until 2007.

Liz McManus was party Spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2007 to 2011.

Liz McManus retired from politics at the 2011 general election, which she did not contest.

Liz McManus was formerly married to John McManus; the couple had four children.

John Liz McManus, a physician in general practice, was a Labour member of Bray Town Council from 1999 to 2009.

Liz McManus stated the pair met three weeks after her split from her first husband.