Mary Reynolds (politician) explained

Mary Reynolds
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 1948
Term End:October 1961
Constituency:Sligo–Leitrim
Term Start2:July 1937
Term End2:February 1948
Constituency2:Leitrim
Term Start3:February 1932
Term End3:January 1933
Constituency3:Leitrim–Sligo
Birth Date:10 October 1889
Birth Place:County Leitrim, Ireland
Death Place:County Leitrim, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Spouse:Patrick Reynolds
Children:7, including Patrick J. Reynolds
Relatives:Gerry Reynolds (grandson)

Mary Reynolds (10 October 1889 – 29 August 1974) was an Irish politician, farmer and grocer from County Leitrim.[1]

She was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) at the 1932 general election for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency. Her husband Patrick Reynolds had been a TD for the same constituency in the 6th Dáil, but was fatally shot during the 1932 general election campaign. The election in Leitrim–Sligo was then postponed, and she won the seat, serving in the Dáil for 25 years.[2]

She lost her seat at the 1933 general election but was elected for the Leitrim constituency at the 1937 general election as a Fine Gael TD. She represented the Sligo–Leitrim constituency from 1948 until her retirement at the 1961 general election.[3]

She had seven children, including her son Patrick J. Reynolds, who was a Fine Gael TD and senator, as was his son Gerry Reynolds.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mary Reynolds. Oireachtas Members Database. 19 February 2008. 16 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516163348/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Mary-Reynolds.D.1932-03-09/. live.
  2. Book: Women in Parliament: Ireland 1918–2000. McNamara, Maedhbh. Mooney, Paschal. Paschal Mooney. 2000. Wolfhound Press, Dublin. 91. 0-86327-759-4.
  3. Web site: Mary Reynolds. ElectionsIreland.org. 19 February 2008. 8 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070908140755/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=1792. live.