Lisa Chambers
Lisa Chambers is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician serving as Deputy Leader of Seanad Éireann since June 2020. She has been a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel since April 2020. She previously served as a Teachta Dála for the Mayo constituency from 2016 to 2020.
Chambers is from Castlebar. She practises as a barrister, running her own practice in the town. She holds a professional bar qualification from the King's Inns, a Masters in Commercial Law from University College, Dublin, and a graduate degree in Commerce and Law from NUI Galway.
She was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2011 general election for the Mayo constituency. She was elected to Mayo County Council following the 2014 local elections.
Following the 2016 general election, she was elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Mayo constituency. She is not related to fellow Fianna Fáil politicians Frank Chambers or Jack Chambers.
Chambers was a member of the Reserve Defence Forces for 13 years, having joined as a teenager during secondary school. She was commissioned as an officer in the Army Reserve in November 2012, serving as a second lieutenant with the 54th Reserve Cavalry Squadron, but was required to relinquish her service upon being elected to the Dáil.
She was appointed Spokesperson on Defence in the Fianna Fáil Front Bench on 18 May 2016, succeeding Seán Ó Fearghaíl who had been elected Ceann Comhairle of the 32nd Dáil. She was later given the Brexit portfolio in a reshuffle. She lost her seat at the 2020 general election after 4 years in the Dáil.
At the 2020 Seanad election, Chambers was elected as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel.
