Mary Kelly | |
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Senator | |
In office 17 February 1993 –17 September 1997 | |
Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | County Limerick,Ireland | 1 May 1952
Political party | Labour Party |
Mary Kelly (born 1952) [1] is a former Labour Party politician from County Limerick in Ireland. She was elected as a member of Limerick County Council in 1991,serving as a Labour Party Councillor until 1999,representing the Newcastle Electoral Area. [2] She served as a senator from 1993 to 1997.
A teacher and bookshop proprietor from Newcastle West,Kelly stood as a Labour candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Limerick West constituency at the 1992 general election and did not win a seat. However,she achieved the highest number of votes ever for a Labour Party candidate in that constituency. [3] In the subsequent elections to the 20th Seanad,she was elected on the Cultural and Educational Panel. [4]
After a further defeat in the 1997 general election she did not stand in the 1997 elections to the 21st Seanad. [4]