Philip_Burton_(politician)

Philip Burton (politician)

Philip Burton (politician)

Irish Fine Gael politician (1908–1995)

Philip Burton (26 July 1908 – 3 January 1995) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, farmer and auctioneer.

Quick Facts Senator, Constituency ...

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.

References

  1. [1]
    "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Philip Burton". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Philip Burton". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Philip_Burton_(politician), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.