Mary Walsh (politician)

{{Short description|Irish politician (1929–1976)}}

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|office = Senator

|term_start = 1 June 1973

|term_end = 18 August 1976

|constituency = Cultural and Educational Panel

|party = Fine Gael

|nationality = Irish

|birth_date = October 1929

|birth_place = County Wicklow, Ireland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1976|8|18|1929|10|df=y}}

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Mary Walsh (October 1929 – 18 August 1976) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and publican. She stood unsuccessfully as a Fine Gael candidate at the 1973 general election for the Wicklow constituency.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3080|title=Mary Walsh|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=1 March 2009}}

She was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Cultural and Educational Panel at the 1973 Seanad election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Mary-Walsh.S.1975-04-23/|title=Mary Walsh|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 March 2009}} She died in 1976 during the 13th Seanad and Vincent McHugh was elected at the subsequent by-election.