Jack Harte (politician) explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:1 June 1973
Term End:17 February 1993
Constituency:Labour Panel
Birth Date:10 December 1920
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Dublin, Ireland
Party:Labour Party
Spouse:Myra Harte
Children:4
Branch:Royal Irish Fusiliers
Battles:World War II

John Harte (10 December 1920 – 9 March 2015) was an Irish Labour Party Senator[1] who served for seven terms in the Seanad.[2]

Harte born in Dublin in 1920. During World War II he served with the British Army in the second battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers in Malta and the Middle East. He published his memoirs of the Second World War, To the Limits of Endurance: One Irishman's War. After the war, he worked for Guinness and became a trade union official.[3]

He was first elected to the 13th Seanad in the 1973 Seanad elections, on the Labour Panel. He was re-elected six times until his retirement at the 1992 elections.

In 2015, he died at the age of 94.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Harte. Oireachtas Members Database. 10 March 2015. 7 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181107224923/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Harte.S.1975-04-23. live.
  2. News: Tánaiste leads tributes following death of Labour Party senator Jack Harte . 9 March 2015 . Tim . O'Brien . . 0791-5144 . Dublin . en-ie . 20 June 2023 . https://archive.today/20230620214901/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/tanaiste-leads-tributes-following-death-of-labour-party-senator-jack-harte-1.2132646 . live.
  3. Web site: Jack Harte . . Dublin . 20 June 2023 . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703084239/https://libertiespress.com/product-author/jack-harte/ . live .
  4. Web site: Former Labour Senator Jack Harte dies. . 9 March 2015 . 10 March 2015 . https://archive.today/20150310014003/http://www.newstalk.com/Former-Labour-senator-Jack-Harte-dies . live.