Kelly Ann Timilty (October 14, 1962 – January 31, 2012) was an American politician.

Biography

Timilty was born in

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. She went to St. Gregory's Grammar School in Dorchester, Massachusetts and to the

Newton Country Day School Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (often abbreviated to Newton Country Day School, Newton, or NCDS) is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school and middle school located on the Loren Towle Estate in Newton, Massachusetts, as ...

. Timilty received her bachelor's degree from the

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in 1986. She worked as an aide for Congressman

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of Massachusetts. Timilty lived in

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. Timilty served on the

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from 1995 until her death in 2012. She was a Democrat. In 2008, Timilty was fined $8,000 for violating Massachusetts campaign laws when she falsely claimed in her campaign literature that Massachusetts Governor

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was endorsing her. Timilty died in

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after a short illness. Her father was Joseph F. Timilty who served in the

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. Her husband was James "Jim" L. Mandeville.Kelly A. Timilty-obituary
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1962 births 2012 deaths Politicians from Boston University of Maryland, College Park alumni Women in Massachusetts politics Massachusetts Democrats Members of the Massachusetts Governor's Council Timilty family Massachusetts politicians convicted of crimes People from West Roxbury, Boston 21st-century American women {{Massachusetts-politician-stub