Preceded by Donnie Cassidy Name Maurice Cummins Constituency Labour Panel Role Irish Politician | Nationality Irish Party Fine Gael Political party Fine Gael | |
Born 25 February 1953 (age 71)
County Waterford, Ireland ( 1953-02-25 ) | ||
Seanad June 5 2014
Maurice Cummins (born 25 February 1953) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Leader of Seanad Éireann and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2011 to 2016. He was a Senator for Labour Panel from 2002 to 2016.
He was first elected in 2002 on the Labour Panel, and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011. He was a member of Waterford City Council formerly Waterford Corporation from 1979 to 2002, and was Mayor of Waterford in 1995–96. He was an unsuccessful Dáil candidate for the Waterford constituency at the 1992, 1997 and 2002 general elections.
He was the Leader of the Seanad from May 2011 until April 2016 when he lost his seat.
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