Kirkley-Bey, Marie L.

First took office January 1993
Term ends January 2013

State Rep. Marie L. Kirkley-Bey

D, 5th District

Kirkley-Bey, Marie L.

Contact:

Marie.Lopez.Kirkley-Bey@cga.ct.gov
Official Website
860-240-8500

Education:

New Britain High School

Committees:

Appropriations, Human Services, Legislative Management

District Town(s):

Hartford

Occupation:

Executive director, community center

Quicklinks:

2010 Election

Campaign Expenditures:

Kirkley-Bey did not participate in the state's public campaign financing program.

General Election Results:

Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey (D)2,803(100%)
0(0%)

Primary Election Results:

0(0%)

Election History

 Election history: Kirkley-Bey was elected in 1992 in the substantially redrawn 5th District, succeeding Democrat Alphonse S. Marotta. In 2010, Kirkley-Bey did not face opposition.  

Background

Kirkley-Bey is a one-time welfare recipient who worked at Aetna Life & Casualty for 22 years, then went into politics. She started her political career as a third-party candidate, winning a seat on the Hartford City Council in 1987 as a member of People for Change. In her ninth term, she is now senior among Hartford's six House members. She is a deputy speaker of the House.

She opposed a plan made in 2009 to merge the University of Connecticut Health Center and Hartford Hospital.

She has three children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Financial Disclosure

She disclosed income from Sheldon Oak Central, a non-profit housing developer in Hartford that employs her as executive director of the Johnson Stewart Community Center, a facility built with state funds; consulting fees from Evis Medical Equipment of Hartford; her salary as a state legislator; a pension from Aetna and Social Security.She has a mortgage on her home in Hartford with Merrill Lynch.She reports securities with Vanguard.She failed to note if she has debts of more than $10,000.A note on financial disclosure: Every spring, officials are required to disclose the ownership of real estate, the source of any income exceeding $1,000 in the previous calendar year and securities worth more than $5,000. 

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