Lister's political career to date

Terry Lister was first appointed to the Senate in 1993 and three years later made a bid for deputy leader, losing out to future Premier Alex Scott.

He became an MP for Sandys at the Progressive Labour Party's historic General Election win in 1998 and was appointed Minister of Development, Opportunity and Government Services.

Mr. Lister then became Environment Minister before being promoted to Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety in October 2001.

He continued his Cabinet career with a switch to Works and Engineering and Housing after the July 2003 election; and six months after that took on Education, where he remained until stepping down to recharge his batteries in September 2006.

After the PLP won the 2007 election, he was back as Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and e-Commerce.

He was removed from Cabinet in July last year, when he was the first of four MPs to call for Premier Ewart Brown to resign in the aftermath of the Uighurs affair and Dr. Brown's attempt to push through the cruise ship gaming bill behind its opponents' backs.