Jim Ruttle
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| Senator | |
| In office 20 June 1980 – 8 October 1981 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
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| Born | James Ruttle c. 1952 County Wicklow, Ireland |
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| 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.[1] He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 14th Seanad on 20 June 1980 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Yeats.[2] He did not contest the 1981 Seanad election.[1] 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.[3]
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.[4] He retired from politics at the 2019 local elections.[3]
Ruttle is the son of Earnest Ruttle and Jane Valentine, and is a member of the Church of Ireland.[3] He trained in Gurteen Agricultural College. A farmer in Manor Kilbride, he is married to Kathryn, and they have two sons.[5]
