Mary Upton

{{Short description|Irish former Labour Party politician (b. 1946)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2022}}

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| nationality = Irish

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = October 1999

| term_end = February 2011

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland

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| constituency = Dublin South-Central

| party = Labour Party

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| children =

| relatives = Pat Upton (brother)

| alma_mater = {{ubl|University College Galway|University College Dublin}}

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Mary Upton (born 30 May 1946) is an Irish former Labour Party politician. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency from 1999 to 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Mary-Upton.D.1999-10-27/|title=Mary Upton|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=5 March 2009|archive-date=7 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107191049/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Mary-Upton.D.1999-10-27|url-status=live}}

Upton was born in Kilrush, County Clare and was educated at Coláiste Mhuire, Ennis; University College Galway and University College Dublin. She worked as a university lecturer before entering into full-time politics.

Upton was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the Dublin South-Central by-election on 28 October 1999, caused by the death of her brother, Pat Upton.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4446|title=Mary Upton|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=5 March 2009|archive-date=3 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203214922/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4446|url-status=live}} She was re-elected at the 2002 and 2007 general elections. She served as party spokesperson on Agriculture and Food; and Arts, Sport and Tourism.

She retired from politics at the 2011 general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0921/uptonm.html|title=Labour's Upton will not contest next election|work=RTÉ News|date=21 September 2010|access-date=21 September 2010|archive-date=24 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924033059/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0921/uptonm.html|url-status=live}}