Shirley Gomes (born January 23, 1940, in
Harwich, Massachusetts
Harwich ( ) is a New England town on Cape Cod, in Barnstable County in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. At the 2020 census it had a population of 13,440. Harwich experiences a seasonal increase to roughly 37,000. The town is a ...
) is an American politician who served as a
Republican member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...
from 1995 to 2007.
A member of the Board of Selectmen from 1987–1995, Gomes first ran for the Massachusetts House in 1992.
She ran unopposed in the Republican primary, but lost to incumbent
Robert Lawless Robert Lawless may refer to:
* Robert Lawless (anthropologist)
Robert Lawless (October 4, 1937 – February 2, 2012) was an American cultural anthropologist. He did fieldwork in the Philippines, New York City, Haiti, and Florida. He received ...
in the general election. Lawless did not run in the following election and Gomes defeated Democratic nominee Jerry Houk 68%–24%.
Gomes did not run for reelection in 2006 and was succeeded by
Sarah Peake, a Democrat from
Provincetown
Provincetown () is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States census, Pr ...
.
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1940 births
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Living people
Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from Harwich, Massachusetts
Women state legislators in Massachusetts
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
20th-century American women politicians