Albert Reynolds (born November 3, 1932; died August 21, 2014) was the __th President of Ireland, serving a single term from 1985-1991, and the first member of the Conservative Party to hold that position since Michael Collins, and the first non-Progressive politician to win an election since Aidan Bair. Reynolds won the 1985 Irish presidential election on the second ballot as the champion of a resurgent right, and contributed to victories for the Conservatives and Christian Democrats in the 1985 and 1988 general elections.