Mary Eide (19 April 1924 – 18 July 2013) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as an MP from 1977 to 1989.

Career

She was a daughter of engineer Peder Adolf Fosnæs (1881–1952) and housewife Elise Marie Larsen (1886–1943). After finishing lower secondary school in

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she briefly studied domestic science, and spent her pre-legislative career as a housewife. She was an elected member of Molde

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from 1967 to 1978, the last three years in the executive committee. She was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Møre og Romsdal in

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, and was re-elected on two occasions in

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and

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. She spent all her three terms in the Standing Committee on Sea Transport and Fisheries, and was also a member of the Labour Party's fisheries committee during that time. In addition to various municipal boards and her local congregational council in Molde, she was a board member of

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from 1967 to 1977 and Molde Nursing Home from 1972 to 1978. She was a member of

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's council from 1972 to 1980. She died in July 2013.

References

1924 births 2013 deaths Politicians from Tønsberg People from Molde Møre og Romsdal politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Women members of the Storting Norwegian Lutherans 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Lutherans {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub