Gabrielle McFadden

{{Short description|Irish former politician}}

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| image = Gabrielle McFadden.jpg

| office = Senator

| term_start = 8 June 2016

| term_end = 29 June 2020

| constituency = Cultural and Educational Panel

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = May 2014

| term_end1 = February 2016

| constituency1 = Longford–Westmeath

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| birth_place = Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland

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| nationality =

| party = Fine Gael

| spouse = {{marriage|Brian McClean|1997}}

| children = 2

| relatives = Nicky McFadden (sister)

| alma_mater = Athlone Institute of Technology

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Gabrielle McFadden is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2016 to 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Gabrielle-McFadden.D.2014-05-23/|title=Gabrielle McFadden|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=20 July 2019|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720091732/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Gabrielle-McFadden.D.2014-05-23/|url-status=live}} She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency from 2014 to 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0525/619474-mcfadden-coppinger/|title=McFadden and Coppinger win by-elections|work=RTÉ News|date=24 May 2014|access-date=24 May 2014|archive-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525202924/http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0525/619474-mcfadden-coppinger/|url-status=live}}

The by-election was caused by the death of her sister Nicky McFadden, who was a Fine Gael TD. In December 2014, she was appointed to the Public Accounts Committee and to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality.{{cite web|title=Gabrielle McFadden 'Honoured' To Take Up Oireachtas Committee Positions |url=http://www.midlandsradio.fm/news/gabrielle-mcfadden-honoured-to-take-up-oireachtas-committee-positions |website=Midlands Radio |access-date=13 January 2015 |date=3 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116124316/http://www.midlandsradio.fm/news/gabrielle-mcfadden-honoured-to-take-up-oireachtas-committee-positions |archive-date=16 January 2015 |df=dmy }}

McFadden was a member of Westmeath County Council for the Athlone local electoral area from 2009 to 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1131|title=Gabrielle McFadden|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=24 May 2014|archive-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525232158/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1131|url-status=live}} She was the Mayor of Athlone from 2013 to 2014. She vacated her council seat before the Dáil by-election.{{cite news|first=Alan |last=Walsh |url=http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/local-news/cllr-gabrielle-mcfadden-to-concentrate-exclusively-on-becoming-longford-westmeath-s-newest-td-1-6041715 |title=Cllr Gabrielle McFadden 'to concentrate exclusively' on becoming Longford/Westmeath's newest TD |work=Longford Leader |date=6 May 2014 |access-date=6 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018075053/http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/local-news/cllr-gabrielle-mcfadden-to-concentrate-exclusively-on-becoming-longford-westmeath-s-newest-td-1-6041715 |archive-date=18 October 2014 |df=dmy }}

She lost her Dáil seat at the 2016 general election. She was subsequently elected to 25th Seanad for the Cultural and Educational Panel. She was the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Defence. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 2020 general election. She lost her Seanad seat at the 2020 Seanad election.