Maria McCormack
Maria McCormack | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) McCormack in 2025 | |
| Senator | |
| Assumed office January 2025 | |
| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
Maria McCormack is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a senator for the Labour Panel since January 2025.[1]
Personal life
[edit]McCormack is from the town of Ballyroan, County Laois. She is settled in Portlaoise where she lives with her husband and family.[2]
Political career
[edit]She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Portlaoise local electoral area in Laois County Council at the 2024 local elections. McCormack was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate for the Laois constituency at the 2024 general election, replacing TD Brian Stanley who resigned from Sinn Féin earlier that year over an internal dispute.[3] McCormack was not elected to the Dáil at the 2024 general election.
She was elected to Seanad Éireann for the Labour Panel at the 2025 Seanad election.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Laois Sinn Féin candidate on course to be elected to Seanad Éireann". laoistoday.ie. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "Maria McCormack emerges as Sinn Féin's General Election candidate as Mary Lou McDonald set to attend Laois convention". laoistoday.ie. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "SF selects Maria McCormack as election candidate in Laois". 4 November 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Maria McCormack 'thrilled' with Seanad success as she becomes first female Laois Senator in almost 30 years". laoistoday.ie. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.