Barbara Flynn Currie
Barbara Flynn Currie | |
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Currie in 2010 | |
| Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
| In office January 8, 1997 – January 9, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Greg Harris |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1979 – January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Mann |
| Succeeded by | Curtis Tarver |
| Constituency | 24th district (1979–1983) 26th district (1983–1993) 25th district (1993–2019) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 3, 1940 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | David Currie |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA, MA) |
Barbara Flynn Currie (born May 3, 1940) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 2019. She served as the Majority Leader from 1997 to 2019. Flynn Currie's forty years as a member of the Illinois General Assembly is the longest tenure of any woman to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.