Imelda Henry | |
Nationality: | Irish |
Office: | Senator |
Term Start: | April 2011 |
Term End: | April 2016 |
Constituency: | Industrial and Commercial Panel |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1967 |
Birth Place: | County Sligo, Ireland |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Spouse: | Aiden Meehan |
Children: | 2 |
Imelda Henry (born 5 March 1967) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former senator.[1] She was elected to the 24th Seanad in April 2011 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.[2] and lost her seat at the following election in April 2016.
She was a member of Sligo County Council from 2004 to 2011 for the Strandhill local electoral area.[3] Her father, Peter Henry, had previously been a member of the Council between 1985 and 1999.
She was a candidate for the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency at the 2007 general election but was not elected.[3] She also unsuccessfully contested the 2007 Seanad election.
She was the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Children between 2011 and 2016.