Terry Coe

Terry Donald Coe is a Niuean politician and former cabinet minister.

Terry Coe
Member of the Niuean Parliament for Common Roll
In office 27 February 1993 – 29 April 2023

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.^[1]

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][2] He lost his place in Cabinet after Lui was defeated in the 1999 election^[3] and has since become a key member of the country's opposition.^[4]

After the 1999 election, Coe supported O'Love Jacobsen for premier.^[3]

In 2002, he was unsuccessfully prosecuted for criminal libel by the government. The charges were dismissed after police failed to produce any evidence.^[5]

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”.^[6]

He was re-elected in the 2020 election.^[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic he opposed moves by the Niuean government to relax covid protections.^[8]

He lost his seat in the 2023 election.^[1]