Séamus Burke

1927–1932FinanceMinister for Local Government and Public HealthIn office
2 June 1924 – 23 June 1927PresidentW. T. CosgravePreceded byNew officeSucceeded byRichard MulcahyTeachta DálaIn office
August 1923 – June 1938ConstituencyTipperaryIn office
May 1921 – August 1923ConstituencyTipperary Mid, North and SouthIn office
December 1918 – May 1921ConstituencyTipperary Mid Personal detailsBorn
(1893-06-15)15 June 1893
Roscrea, County Tipperary, IrelandDied10 June 1967(1967-06-10) (aged 73)
Farnham, Surrey, EnglandPolitical party Children1EducationClongowes Wood CollegeAlma mater

Séamus Aloysius Burke (sometimes spelt Bourke) (15 June 1893 – 10 June 1967) was an Irish barrister and Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael politician who was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1938, and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance (1927–1932) and Minister for Local Government and Public Health (1924–1927).^[1]

Career

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1918 general election as a Sinn Féin TD for Tipperary Mid.^[2] He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921 and went on to become a founder-member of Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael. Burke served in the governments of W. T. Cosgrave in the 1920s. He lost his seat at the 1938 general election and after unsuccessfully standing again as an independent at the 1943 general election, he retired from politics and moved to England. He was also a barrister.^[3]

Family

In 1929, Burke married the Russian, Zenaide Bashkiroff, and they had one daughter.^[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Séamus Burke

Notes Granted 8 May 1923 by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms.[4] Crest On a wreath of the colours a cat-a-mountain sejant guardant Sable collared and chained Or. Escutcheon Or a cross Gules in the first quarter a dexter hand couped at the wrist Sable. Motto A Cruce Semper Salus

See also

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Hackett	Member of Parliament for Tipperary Mid 1918–1922	Constituency abolished
Oireachtas
New constituency	Teachta Dála for Tipperary Mid 1918–1921	Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by Ernest Blythe	Minister for Local Government and Public Health 1923–1927	Succeeded by Richard Mulcahy
Preceded by Eamonn Duggan	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1927–1932	Succeeded by Hugo Flinn