Shannon O'Brien | |
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.jpg) O'Brien in 2002 | |
| 55th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts | |
| In office January 7, 1999 – January 2, 2003 | |
| Governor | Paul Cellucci Jane Swift (acting) |
| Preceded by | Joe Malone |
| Succeeded by | Tim Cahill |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Hampden and Hampshire district | |
| In office January 6, 1993 – January 4, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Dunn |
| Succeeded by | Brian Lees |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 2nd Hampshire district | |
| In office January 7, 1987 – January 6, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | William Carey |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Flavin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 30, 1959 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Emmet Hayes |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Boston University (JD) |
Shannon Patricia Elizabeth O'Brien (born April 30, 1959) is an American politician and attorney who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987 through 1993, in the Massachusetts Senate from 1993 through 1995, and was the Massachusetts state treasurer from 1999 through 2003. In that last position she became the first woman to be elected in Massachusetts to statewide office by her own accord. She was the Democratic Party nominee in the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, but lost in the general election to Mitt Romney.