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{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1949)}}
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| office = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]]
| term_start = 17 September 1997
| term_end = 12 September 2002
| constituency = [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|Nominated by the Taoiseach]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[County Mayo]], Ireland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Fianna Fáil]]
| spouse =
| children = 4
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'''Frank Chambers''' (born 3 March 1949) is an Irish former [[Fianna Fáil]] politician from [[Newport, County Mayo]].<ref name=oireachtas_db>{{cite web |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Frank-Chambers.S.1997-09-17/|title=Frank Chambers |work=Oireachtas Members Database |access-date=16 February 2008}}</ref>

==Personal life and family==
He is married with four children, and is an auctioneer and farmer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mayonews.ie/?option=com_content&view=article&id=6057:being-frank&catid=7:the-interview&Itemid=31|title=Being Frank|last=McNulty|first=Anton|date=2 March 2009|work=The Mayo News|access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> His daughter Lisa was involved in establishing [[Renua]] in 2015; she is not to be confused with Fianna Fáil politician [[Lisa Chambers]], who is not related to them.<ref name="it2138502">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/renua-the-making-of-a-political-party-1.2138502|quote=The barrister Lisa Chambers, who is the daughter of a former Fianna Fáil senator, Frank Chambers|title=Renua: the making of a political party|last=McGee|first=Harry|date=13 March 2015|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2015/03/25/4036585-lisa-i-have-not-quit-fianna-fil/|title=Lisa i have not quit fianna fil [sic]|date=25 March 2015|work=The Connaught Telegraph|quote=This is a different lady and is not a relation of mine. ... She is the daughter of former Fianna Fáil Senator Frank Chambers|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>

==Political career==
Chambers was a member of [[Mayo County Council]] from 1976.<ref name="Taoiseach-nom">{{cite web|url=http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=492&docID=1247 |title=Taoiseachs nominations to Seanad Éireann |date=12 September 1997 |publisher=Department of the Taoiseach |access-date=16 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607160635/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=492&docID=1247 |archive-date=7 June 2011 }}</ref> He was first elected [[1979 Irish local elections|in 1979]] and stood down at [[2009 Irish local elections|the 2009 election]].

At the 1997 election to [[Seanad Éireann]] he stood for election by the [[Cultural and Educational Panel]], but was unsuccessful. After his defeat he was [[Nominated members of Seanad Éireann|nominated by the Taoiseach]], [[Bertie Ahern]], to the [[21st Seanad]], but was not re-appointed in 2002. He stood in the [[Mayo (Dáil constituency)|Mayo constituency]] at the [[2002 Irish general election|2002]] and [[2007 Irish general election|2007 general election]]s, but did not win a seat.<ref name="ei">{{cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=686 |title=Frank Chambers |work=ElectionsIreland.org |access-date=16 February 2008}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Members of the 21st Seanad}}

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[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Fianna Fáil senators]]
[[Category:Members of the 21st Seanad]]
[[Category:Members of Mayo County Council]]
[[Category:Nominated members of Seanad Éireann]]
[[Category:People from Newport, County Mayo]]
[[Category:Fianna Fáil candidates in Dáil elections]]

Frank Chambers - Revision history

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