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Sheila Terry
Senator
In office
12 September 2002 – 13 September 2007
ConstituencyIndustrial and Commercial Panel
Personal details
Born (1950-06-07) 7 June 1950 (age 74)
Dublin, Ireland
Political party

Sheila Terry (born 7 June 1950)[1] is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a member of the 22nd Seanad.

As a member of the Progressive Democrats (PDs), Terry was elected at the 1991 local elections as a PD member of Fingal County Council for the Castleknock electoral area. She stood as a PD candidate in the Dublin West constituency at the 1992 general election and at the by-election in 1996.[2]

She left the Progressive Democrats before the 1999 local elections, when she was re-elected to the council as an independent, and joined Fine Gael in about 2000. She then stood as a Fine Gael for Dáil Éireann in the Dublin West constituency at the 2002 general election, but did not win a seat. However, in the subsequent Seanad elections she was elected by the Industrial and Commercial Panel.[2]

She gave up her council seat when the dual mandate was abolished in 2003 (future Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was co-opted to replace her on the council),[3] and did not contest the 2007 general election. She stood again in the 2007 Seanad election, but lost her seat.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sheila Terry". Oirechatas Members Database. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "Sheila Terry". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
  3. ^ Bardon, Sarah. "Leo Varadkar: The man who evolved into a taoiseach". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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