Sheila Harrington
Massachusetts state representative
Sheila Harrington
In office January 5, 2011 – February 16, 2022Preceded by Robert Hargraves Succeeded by Margaret Scarsdale
Born (1960-09-08 ) September 8, 1960 (age 63) Salem, Massachusetts Political party Republican Spouse Steve Harrington Children 3 Education Profession Attorney Website
Sheila Curran Harrington (born September 8, 1960) is an American politician and attorney. She represented the 1st Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2011 until February 2022, when she resigned to take up the position of Clerk Magistrate of the Gardner District Court.[1] [2] She is a member of the Republican party .[3]
Her district included the towns of Groton , Dunstable , Pepperell , Townsend , Ashby and a precinct in Ayer and Devens .
She served as Ranking Member on the Judiciary Committee and as a member of both the Committee on Rules and the House Committee on Personnel and Administration. She had previously served as the Ranking Member on the House Post Audit and Oversight Committee and as a Member of the Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee.
Early life and education
Sheila Harrington was born in Salem, Massachusetts and grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts . She attended high school in Peabody at Bishop Fenwick High School [3] She then attended Providence College and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work in 1982. Following college, she attended the New England School of Law and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1986.[3] [4]
Career
Sheila has been a practicing attorney in Massachusetts for over 30 years. She continues to have a law practice in Groton, Massachusetts along with two other attorneys.
One of Harrington's most notable positions is her stance on Transgender rights . In an op-ed from the Lowell Sun she documented how she came to change her position from opposition to support of transgender rights., how after "passionately protesting a bill on the Massachusetts House Floor", she came to realize, that was wrong in her own mind.
In an op-ed from the Lowell Sun , Harrington described how she came to change her position from opposition to support of transgender rights .[5]
Electoral history
2010 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Sheila Harrington
10,378
62.5
Democrat
Jesse Reich
6,222
38.5
2012 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Sheila Harrington
17,592
100
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
N/A
2014 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Sheila Harrington
9,958
64.3
Democrat
Gene Rauhala
5,530
35.7
2016 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Sheila Harrington
14,984
65.2
Democrat
Matthew T. Meneghini
8,003
34.8
2018 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Sheila Harrington
15,340
100
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
N/A
2020 Massachusetts House of Representatives General Election, 1st Middlesex District[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Sheila Harrington
13,203
51.5
Democrat
Deborah Busser
12,407
48.4
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