Ann Gallagher is a former Labour Party

Labour Party (Ireland)

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 politician from County Monaghan

County Monaghan

County Monaghan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the local authority for the county...

 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. She was a senator

Seanad Éireann

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 from 1993 to 1997.

Gallagher stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate for Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann

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 in the Cavan–Monaghan

Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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 constituency at the 1992 general election

Irish general election, 1992

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, but did not win a seat. In the subsequent elections to the 20th Seanad Éireann, she was elected on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.

At the 1994 European Parliament election

European Parliament election, 1994 (Ireland)

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 she stood unsuccessfully in the Connacht–Ulster constituency, and after a further defeat in the 1997 general election

Irish general election, 1997

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, she did not stand in the 1997 elections to the 21st Seanad.