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Betty Ireland

American politician (born 1946)

Field	Value
name	Betty Ireland
image	Betty Ireland.jpg
order	28th
office	West Virginia Secretary of State
term_start	January 17, 2005
term_end	January 19, 2009
governor	Joe Manchin
predecessor	Joe Manchin
successor	Natalie Tennant
birth_date
birth_place	Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
party	Republican Party
profession	Politician, teacher, businesswoman

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Betty Ireland (born 1946) was the 28th Secretary of State of West Virginia from 2005 to 2009, as the first woman elected to the executive branch of West Virginia state government.{{cite web | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130125135008/http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/253171?topic=117673 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 25, 2013

Career

Early in her career, Ireland spent several years teaching in the West Virginia public school system. Eventually, she entered the business sector, when Ireland took a job as an administrative assistant with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance. She subsequently became a certified pension consultant.

For nearly six years (from 1977 to 1983), she was the owner of Retirement Systems & Services, a pension administration and consulting firm in Charleston, West Virginia. From 1983 to 1989, she was vice president and head of the pension division in the Trust Department of the Charleston National Bank of Commerce. Ireland moved to Jackson Kelly.

Ireland became executive director of the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board in August 1998. She returned to Jackson Kelly in 2002 to head its ancillary business endeavors as president of Jackson Kelly Solutions.

2004 election to Secretary of State

In 2004, Ireland defeated longtime political figure Ken Hechler, 52% to 48%, in a general election race, as Hechler attempted to return to the Secretary of State position he previously held for sixteen years.

2011 gubernatorial campaign

On December 30, 2010, Ireland announced her intention to run for governor in the special election that was to be held on October 4, 2011. She lost the primary election to political newcomer Bill Maloney.

Personal life

Ireland has four children with her husband, Sam Haddad.

References

[http://www.huntingtonnews.net/political/070712-staff-politicalireland.html] {{webarchive. link. (September 27, 2007)
Jeremy Edwards. "Betty Ireland Announces Run for Governor".
King, Joselyn. (June 2, 2008). "Ireland: Glass Ceiling Hangs Over Women". [[The Intelligencer & Wheeling News Register.
Porterfield, Mannix. (December 9, 2010). "Ireland considers run for governor". [[The Register-Herald]].
(June 2021). "Tomblin succeeds Manchin as West Virginia governor". Washington Post.
(January 21, 2011). "Acting W.Va. Governor Proclaims Oct. 4 Election". Charleston Gazette.

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