Thomas Foxe (1 June 1937 – 8 February 2000) was an Irish

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politician He was from

Roscommon Roscommon (; ) is the county town and the largest town in County Roscommon in Ireland. It is roughly in the centre of Ireland, near the meeting of the N60, N61 and N63 roads. The name Roscommon is derived from Coman mac Faelchon who built ...

and owned Tom Foxe's Bar in the town. Foxe was elected to

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as an independent

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(TD) on his first attempt, at the 1989 general election in the

constituency. He unseated the sitting

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TD and former minister Seán Doherty. He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, for the new constituency of Longford–Roscommon, but lost his seat at the 1997 general election. At the 1991 local elections, he was elected to

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for Roscommon town, and served until his death on 8 February 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foxe, Tom 1937 births 2000 deaths Independent TDs Members of Roscommon County Council Members of the 26th Dáil Members of the 27th Dáil