Kate Walsh (politician)
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Kate Walsh | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 12 September 2002 – 24 April 2007 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1947 Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Died | 24 April 2007 (aged 60) County Kildare, Ireland |
| Party | Progressive Democrats |
| Other political affiliations | Independent |
Kate Walsh (1 March 1947 – 24 April 2007) was an Irish Progressive Democrats politician and community activist from Celbridge, County Kildare. In 2002 she was nominated by the Taoiseach as a member of Seanad Éireann.[1]
Walsh was elected to Kildare County Council at the 1999 local elections, when she stood as an independent and won over one-and-a-half quotas on the first count. She later joined the Progressive Democrats (PDs), and stood unsuccessfully as a PD candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Kildare North at the 2002 general election. She was unsuccessful again at the by-election in 2005.[2] Walsh was Mayor of Celbridge from 1982 to 2007.[citation needed]
She died on 24 April 2007 from complications related to diabetes, after a long illness.[3]