Lorraine Higgins
| Lorraine Higgins | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
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Assumed office May 2011 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 August 1979 Galway, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Alma mater | NUI Galway |
| Website |
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Lorraine Higgins (born 3 August 1979) is an Irish barrister and Labour Party politician.[1] From Galway, she is a graduate of NUI Galway and the King's Inns.[2] She is currently the Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Reform and Foreign Affairs. She ran as the Labour Party candidate in the Galway-East constituency in the 2016 General Election but was not elected, and has not been selected for re-appointment to the 25th Seanad.[3] She beat the Labour trend at the 2016 general election by significantly increasing her first preference vote and winning over 10% of the votes cast.
A keen golfer, who played off 9 of a handicap, she represented her clubs at every level in women's golf, played in several All-Ireland finals and was a member of the Connaught Girls' Training Panel.
Election Results
She ran as a candidate in the Galway East constituency at the 2011 general election where she trailed her running mate by 132 votes before being eliminated and then transferred 64% of her vote to him to secure the first ever Labour seat in the constituency. In May 2011, she was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the 24th Seanad.[4] She unsuccessfully contested the 2016 Irish general election for the Galway East constituency.[5]
European politics
Higgins was a candidate for the Labour Party in the Midlands–North-West constituency for the 2014 European Parliament election but failed to take a seat during one of the worst elections for the Party. She did however get the most Party votes in all the constituencies they contested.
References
- ↑ "Ms. Lorraine Higgins". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ↑ "Lorraine Higgins". Labour Party. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ↑ "Ó Ríordáin and Humphreys selected by Labour for Seanad elections". The Irish Times.
- ↑ Edwards, Elaine (20 May 2011). "McAleese appointed to Seanad". The Irish Times.
- ↑ "Galway East results: Ciarán Cannon set to be elected". The Irish Times. 27 Feb 2016.