Lucinda Creighton

Lucinda Creighton

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office = Teachta Dála for Dublin South East
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party = Fine Gael
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Lucinda Creighton (born 20 January 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. She is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South East constituency. She was elected in the 2007 general election.

Early and private life

Originally from County Mayo, she is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, – where she gained a Law degree (LL.B.) in 2002. She was a member of the Trinity College branch of Young Fine Gael, as was fellow 2007 entrant to the Dáil Leo Varadkar.

In 2003 she qualified as an Attorney at law for the state of New York.cite web
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Political career

Creighton is a former Vice President of Youth of the European People's Party, the centrist political grouping Fine Gael affiliates with in the European Parliament. She was elected to Dublin City Council in 2004 to represent the Pembroke local electoral area. She is the youngest member of the current Oireachtas and the first to be born in the 1980s.

She was appointed Fine Gael's Deputy Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, with Special Responsibility for European Affairs, in October 2007.

References

*Oireachtas-members-database|1=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=2190&ConstID=92

External links

* [http://www.lucindacreighton.ie/ Lucinda Creighton's official website]
* [http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=248 Lucinda Creighton's electoral history] (ElectionsIreland.org)
* [http://lucindacreighton.finegael.ie/Representatives/common/index.cfm/TD_Key/471 Lucinda Creighton's page on the Fine Gael website]

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