Terry Sargeant

Terence James (Terry) Sargeant (born 19 May 1946 in Melbourne, Australia) was a New Democratic Party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a public policy consultant, personnel administrator and office manager by career.

He represented the Manitoba riding of Selkirk—Interlake at which he was elected in 1979 and re-elected in the 1980 federal election. Sargeant left national politics after his defeat in the 1984 election to Felix Holtmann of the Progressive Conservative party. Sargeant served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments. In [[1988], he sought to replace Howard Pawley as the MLA for Selkirk in the General Election that year but was defeated by Liberal Candidate Gwen Charles by 184 votes.