Daniel Bourke Explained

Daniel Bourke
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:February 1948
Term End:13 April 1952
Constituency:Limerick East
Term Start1:September 1927
Term End1:February 1948
Constituency1:Limerick
Party:Fianna Fáil
Birth Date:1886
Birth Place:County Limerick, Ireland
Death Place:County Limerick, Ireland

Daniel Bourke (1886 – 13 April 1952) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A wagon builder before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the September 1927 general election for the Limerick constituency.[1] He was re-elected at every subsequent general election up to 1951, and from 1948 for the Limerick East constituency. He died in 1952 during the 14th Dáil, a by-election was held on 26 June 1952 which was won by John Carew of Fine Gael.[2]

He was Mayor of Limerick from 1936 until 1941.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daniel Bourke. Oireachtas Members Database. 6 December 2008. 2018-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20181108190525/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Daniel-Bourke.D.1927-10-11. live.
  2. Web site: Daniel Bourke. ElectionsIreland.org. 6 December 2008. 1 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070901014326/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=1609. live.
  3. Web site: Limerick Leader, 27 November 1965 . 12 August 2019 . 14 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314055330/http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/mayors%20007.pdf . live .