| Terry Coe | |
| Constituency Mp11: | Common Roll |
| Parliament11: | Niuean |
| Term Start11: | 27 February 1993 |
| Term End11: | 29 April 2023 |
Terry Donald Coe is a Niuean politician and former cabinet minister.
He was first elected to the Niue Assembly as a common roll member in the 1993 Niuean general election, and immediately made a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Frank Lui.
Coe served as a minister in the Cabinet of Premier Frank Lui between 1993 and 1999, serving as Minister of Finance, Telecommunications, and Public Works, as well as other portfolios.[1] He lost his place in Cabinet after Lui was defeated in the 1999 election[2] and has since become a key member of the country's opposition.[3]
After the 1999 election, Coe supported O'Love Jacobsen for premier.[2]
In 2002, he was unsuccessfully prosecuted for criminal libel by the government. The charges were dismissed after police failed to produce any evidence.[4]
In 2011, he criticised his fellow MPs for voting themselves a sizeable increase in salary. He said the pay rises for politicians were a waste of public money that “would be better spent on development”.[5]
He was re-elected in the 2020 election.[6] During the COVID-19 pandemic he opposed moves by the Niuean government to relax covid protections.[7]
He lost his seat in the 2023 election.[8]