Terry Coe

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.unep.org/OurPlanet/imgversn/96/coe.html |title=Small is dutiful |publisher=UNEP |year=1998 |accessdate=2009-12-20}} He lost his place in Cabinet after Lui was defeated in the 1999 election{{cite journal |author=Stephen Levine |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/contemporary_pacific/v012/12.1levine.html |title=Political Review: Niue |journal=The Contemporary Pacific |volume=12 |issue=1 |year=2000 |pages=231–236 |doi=10.1353/cp.2000.0020|url-access=subscription }} and has since become a key member of the country's opposition.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/181960/niue-premier-survives-no-confidence-vote |title=Niue premier survives no confidence vote |publisher=Radio New Zealand International |date=11 February 2009 |access-date=2 May 2023}}

After the 1999 election, Coe supported O'Love Jacobsen for premier.

In 2002, he was unsuccessfully prosecuted for criminal libel by the government. The charges were dismissed after police failed to produce any evidence.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/139739/niue-mp-may-pursue-police-over-malicious-prosecution |title=Niue MP may pursue police over "malicious prosecution" |publisher=RNZ |date=12 June 2002 |access-date=2 May 2023}}

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”.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/201377/concerns-raised-after-niue-mps-vote-themselves-big-salary-increases |title=Concerns raised after Niue MPs vote themselves big salary increases |publisher=RNZ |date=8 December 2011 |access-date=2 May 2023}}

He was re-elected in the 2020 election.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/417979/two-new-mps-top-voting-in-niue-election |title=Two new MPs top voting in Niue election |publisher=RNZ |date=1 June 2020 |access-date=2 May 2023}} During the COVID-19 pandemic he opposed moves by the Niuean government to relax covid protections.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/430408/niue-covid-protection-rules-slammed |title=Niue Covid protection rules slammed |publisher=RNZ |date=12 November 2020 |access-date=2 May 2023}}

He lost his seat in the 2023 election.{{cite web |url=https://tvniue.com/2023/05/two-long-serving-mps-terry-coe-and-opili-talafasi-will-not-be-returning-to-the-next-niue-legislative-assembly/ |title=Two long serving MPs Terry Coe and Opili Talafasi will not be returning to the next Niue Legislative Assembly. |publisher=TV Niue |author= Esther Pavihi |date=1 May 2023 |access-date=2 May 2023}}