Patrick Burke | |
Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | June 1969 |
Term End: | February 1973 |
Constituency: | Dublin County North |
Term Start1: | May 1944 |
Constituency1: | Dublin County |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1904 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Children: | Ray |
Patrick Joseph Burke (26 January 1904 – 9 September 1985) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1944 to 1973.[1]
A hospital official before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Dublin County constituency at the 1944 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he retired at the 1973 general election.[2] He was known locally as Bishop Burke. His son Ray Burke succeeded him, when he was elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin County North at the 1973 general election.