Maurice Cummins (born 25 February 1953) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Leader of the Seanad and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2011 to 2016.

[1] He was first elected as a Senator in 2002, for the Labour Panel, and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011.

He was an unsuccessful Dáil candidate for the Waterford constituency at the 1992, 1997 and 2002 general elections.

[2] He was the Leader of the Seanad from May 2011 until June 2016 when he lost his seat.

[2] A son, John Cummins, was elected to the Seanad in 2020.