Jim Ruttle

{{Short description|Irish politician (born c. 1952)}}

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 20 June 1980

| term_end = 8 October 1981

| constituency = Nominated by the Taoiseach

| birth_name = James Ruttle

| birth_date = c. 1952

| birth_place = County Wicklow, Ireland

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| party = {{ubl|Independent|Fianna Fáil}}

| spouse = Kathryn Ruttle

| children = 2

| alma_mater = Gurteen Agricultural College

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James Ruttle (born c. 1952) is an Irish former politician. He was a Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann from 1980 to 1981.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/James-Ruttle.S.1980-06-20/|title=Jim Ruttle|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=19 February 2014}} He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 14th Seanad on 20 June 1980 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Yeats.{{cite web|url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0094/S.0094.198006240002.html|title=Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 94: Nomination of Members|publisher=Oireachtas|date=24 June 1980|access-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302221443/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0094/S.0094.198006240002.html|archive-date=2 March 2012}} He did not contest the 1981 Seanad election. 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 councillor Jim Miley by Fianna Fáil, however he was not selected to run for the party in 1991 local elections.

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.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3414|title=Jim Ruttle|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=19 February 2014}} He retired from politics at the 2019 local elections.