Sheilagh O'Leary
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Sheilagh O'Leary | |
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| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's East-Quidi Vidi | |
| Assumed office November 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | John Abbott |
| Deputy Mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| In office October 10, 2017 – August 27, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Ellsworth |
| Succeeded by | Ron Ellsworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 17, 1964 St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Party | New Democratic |
| Education | Memorial University of Newfoundland (M.F.A.) |
Sheilagh Ethne O'Leary (born September 17, 1964[1]) is a Canadian politician from the New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. She was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for the district of St. John's East-Quidi Vidi in the 2025 provincial election.[2]
Prior to entering the House of Assembly, O'Leary was the deputy mayor of St. John's, having been first elected in 2017, and re-elected in 2021 by acclamation.[3] Before then, O'Leary was a councillor on the St. John's City Council, having first been elected in 2009 before running for mayor in 2013, where she came in second to Dennis O'Keefe.[4][5]
O'Leary ran in the 2021 provincial election with the NDP in Mount Scio losing to incumbent Sarah Stoodley.[6] She also ran in the 2014 Virginia Waters by-election coming in third behind Cathy Bennett.[7] O'Leary is a photographer.[8]
In 2026, O'Leary endorsed Avi Lewis in that year's federal NDP leadership race.
