Office: | Senator |
Term Start: | 1 June 1973 |
Term End: | 27 October 1977 |
Constituency: | Administrative Panel |
Office1: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start1: | June 1969 |
Term End1: | February 1973 |
Constituency1: | Cork Mid |
Term Start2: | October 1961 |
Term End2: | June 1969 |
Constituency2: | Cork North-East |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1908 |
Birth Place: | Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Philip Burton (26 July 1908 – 3 January 1995) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, farmer and auctioneer.
He was born in the townland of Curragh, Kanturk, County Cork, the son of Francis Burton, a farmer, and Anne Guiney.[1] His maternal uncles were All-for-Ireland League MPs for North Cork Patrick Guiney and John Guiney.
He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-East constituency at the 1961 general election.[2] He was re-elected at the 1965 and 1969 general elections (for Cork Mid from 1969), but lost his seat at the 1973 general election.[3] He was subsequently elected to the 13th Seanad on the Administrative Panel. He retired from politics in 1977.