Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | May 1954 |
Term End: | 12 May 1964 |
Constituency: | Roscommon |
Birth Place: | County Roscommon, Ireland |
Death Date: | 12 May 1964 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Children: | 2 |
James J. Burke (died 12 May 1964) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A farmer by profession, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon constituency at the 1954 general election.[1] He was re-elected at the 1957 and 1961 general elections.[2] He died in office in 1964, and the July 1964 by-election held for his seat was won by his widow Joan Burke.