Jack Chambers (politician)

Jack Chambers
TD
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
Constituency Dublin West
Personal details
Born (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990
Galway, Ireland
Political party Fianna Fáil
Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin
Website www.jackchambers.ie

Jack Chambers (born 1990) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.[1] He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency at the 2016 election.[2]

Chambers was born in Galway and has lived in the Castleknock, Dublin area since early childhood.[3][4] His father, Frank Chambers, is a physician from Newport, County Mayo and was a political ally of Brian Lenihan, Jnr.[3][4] His mother, Barbara Farragher, is from Hollymount, County Mayo.[4] He is not related to Lisa Chambers, another Fianna Fáil TD first elected in 2016.[3] He was educated at Belvedere College and holds a degree in Law and Political Science from Trinity College, Dublin. He has also studied medicine at the RCSI.

In 2014, Chambers reopened the constituency office closed after Lenihan's 2011 death.[5][6] He was elected to Fingal County Council in the 2014 local elections, topping the poll in the Castleknock local electoral area.[7] He was Deputy Mayor of the council from 2015 until vacating his council seat on election to the Dáil.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Chambers". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jack Chambers". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Dillon, Fiona (March 2016). "'I will get my hair cut when I get a chance' - Fianna Fail TD Jack Chambers on social media abuse". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 March 2016. One of the other new Fianna Fail TDs to be elected under the age of 30 is Lisa Chambers (29) from Castlebar, but they are not directly related, even though they would both have some family roots in the town of Newport.
  4. 1 2 3 McGreal, Edwin (1 March 2016). "Mayos lose Dáil seat elsewhere". The Mayo News. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Jack Chambers has defeated David McGuinness in Dublin West selection". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Jack Chambers". Jack Chambers. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  7. ↑ "Jack Chambers – 2014 local elections". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Fingal County Council Deputy Mayor
  9. ↑ "Election 2016: Jack Chambers". RTÉ. 2016-02-27.
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