Ann Leonard Explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:17 September 1997
Term End:12 September 2002
Constituency:Nominated by the Taoiseach
Nationality:Irish
Birth Date:2 January 1969
Birth Place:County Monaghan, Ireland
Party:Fianna Fáil
Father:Jimmy Leonard

Ann Leonard (born 2 January 1969) is a former Fianna Fáil politician from County Monaghan in Ireland.[1] She was a senator from 1997 to 2002, and is the daughter of Jimmy Leonard, a former Teachta Dála (TD) for Cavan–Monaghan.[2]

A paediatric nurse and midwife, Leonard unsuccessfully contested the 1997 general election in the Cavan–Monaghan constituency, and after her defeat she was nominated by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, to the 21st Seanad. At the 1999 local elections, she was elected to Monaghan County Council for the Clones electoral area, but stood down from the council at the 2004 local elections and did not stand in any further elections.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ann Leonard. Oireachtas Members Database. 16 February 2008.
  2. Web site: Taoiseachs nominations to Seanad Éireann . 12 September 1997 . Department of the Taoiseach . 16 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607160635/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=492&docID=1247 . 7 June 2011 .
  3. Web site: Ann Leonard. ElectionsIreland.org. 16 February 2008.