Sheila Harrington

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Sheila Harrington
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Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives
from the 1st Middlesex district
In office
January 5, 2011 –February 16, 2022
Profession Attorney
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Sheila Curran Harrington (born September 8, 1960) is an American politician and attorney. She represented the 1st Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2011 until February 2022, when she resigned to take up the position of Clerk Magistrate of the Gardner District Court. [1] [2] She is a member of the Republican party. [3]

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Her district included the towns of Groton, Dunstable, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby and a precinct in Ayer and Devens. She served as Ranking Member on the Judiciary Committee and as a member of both the Committee on Rules and the House Committee on Personnel and Administration. She had previously served as the Ranking Member on the House Post Audit and Oversight Committee and as a Member of the Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee.

Early life and education

Sheila Harrington was born in Salem, Massachusetts and grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts. She attended high school in Peabody at Bishop Fenwick High School [3] She then attended Providence College and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work in 1982. Following college, she attended the New England School of Law and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1986. [3] [4]

Career

Sheila has been a practicing attorney in Massachusetts for over 30 years. She continues to have a law practice in Groton, Massachusetts along with two other attorneys.

One of Harrington's most notable positions is her stance on Transgender rights. In an op-ed from the Lowell Sun she documented how she came to change her position from opposition to support of transgender rights., how after "passionately protesting a bill on the Massachusetts House Floor", she came to realize, that was wrong in her own mind.

In an op-ed from the Lowell Sun, Harrington described how she came to change her position from opposition to support of transgender rights. [5]

Electoral history

2010 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSheila Harrington10,37862.5
DemocratJesse Reich6,22238.5
2012 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSheila Harrington17,592100
UnopposedN/AN/AN/A
2014 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSheila Harrington9,95864.3
DemocratGene Rauhala5,53035.7
2016 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSheila Harrington14,98465.2
DemocratMatthew T. Meneghini8,00334.8
2018 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSheila Harrington15,340100
UnopposedN/AN/AN/A
2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanSheila Harrington13,20351.5
DemocratDeborah Busser12,40748.4

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References

  1. ↑ "Baker taps GOP Rep. Shelia Harrington for court post". Sentinel and Enterprise. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Mass. Governor's Council unanimously approve 2 first-degree murder commutations" . Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "About Sheila". Sheila Harrington for Massachusetts State Representative. The Committee to Elect Sheila Harrington. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sheila C. Harrington". malegislature.gov. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "My Journey from Opposing to Backing Transgender Rights". Lowell Sun. 10 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sheila Harrington".
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