Constituency Dublin West | Website www.jackchambers.ie | |
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin Parents Frank Chambers, Barbara Farragher Profiles | ||
Jack Chambers (born 21 November 1990) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency, upon being elected at the 2016 general election.
Chambers was born in Galway and has lived in the Castleknock, Dublin area since early childhood. His father, Frank Chambers, is a physician from Newport, County Mayo and was a political ally of Brian Lenihan, Jnr. His mother, Barbara Farragher, is from Hollymount, County Mayo. He is not related to Lisa Chambers, another Fianna Fáil TD first elected in 2016. He was educated at Belvedere College and holds a degree in Law and Political Science from Trinity College, Dublin. He has also studied medicine at the RCSI.
In 2014, Chambers reopened the constituency office closed after Lenihan's 2011 death. He was elected to Fingal County Council in the 2014 local elections, topping the poll in the Castleknock local electoral area. He was Deputy Mayor of the council from 2015 until vacating his council seat on election to the Dáil.
