Mervyn Taylor

Mervyn Taylor (b.1931, former Irish Labour Party TD)

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1931 - Irish Labour Party - TD

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Mervyn Taylor was born in Dublin, Irish Free State to a Jewish family. He was educated at Zion School, Wesley College Dublin and at Trinity College Dublin where he qualified as a solicitor. He was elected Labour Party TD for Dublin South-West in 1981 and held the seat at every election until his retirement from politics in 1997. He was Labour chief whip from 1981 until 1988. He was assistant government chief whip from 1981 to 1982 and again from 1982 until 1987. In 1993 he was appointed Minister for Equality and Law Reform.

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Dublin - Irish Free State - Wesley College Dublin - Trinity College Dublin - Labour Party - 1981 - 1997 - 1988 - 1982 - 1987 - 1993

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In 1995, he was in charge of the government proposal to remove from the constitution the prohibition of divorce legislation, steering the relevant bills through Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann and winning the subsequent referendum by the narrow margin of 0.5 per cent. In the course of the campaign, he survived criticism of the measure directed at his Jewish faith, as well as an Irish Supreme Court ruling that public monies could not properly be spent in promoting the government's opinion on a referendum proposal.

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1995 - Government - Dáil Éireann - Seanad Éireann

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He is married to Marilyn and is father to Gideon, who is now based in the U.S.

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