Joanna Tuffy
| Joanna Tuffy | |
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| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 2007 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Dublin Mid-West |
| Senator | |
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In office September 2002 – May 2007 |
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| Constituency | Administrative Panel |
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| Born |
9 March 1965 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology |
Joanna Tuffy (born 9 March 1965) is an Irish Labour Party politician. She was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency in 2007. Tuffy was re-elected in 2011, but lost her seat at the 2016 general election.
Born in England in 1965, Tuffy was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the Dublin Institute of Technology (Legal Studies).
She was elected to South Dublin County Council for the Lucan area in 1999 and served until 2003. At the 2002 general election she unsuccessfully stood for election to Dáil Éireann for Dublin Mid-West. She was subsequently elected to the 22nd Seanad Éireann by the Administrative Panel. She was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time at the 2007 general election.
Her father is Eamon Tuffy, a Labour Party councillor for Lucan, he was co-opted to replace her in 2003.
She, along with TD Tommy Broughan, opposed Labour going into coalition with Fine Gael in the aftermath of the 2011 general election.
In September 2013, Tuffy publicly disagreed with the official Labour Party position supporting the abolition of the Seanad during the referendum campaign. She argued that it had played a key role in the past and could do so in the future.
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