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Daniel Bourke

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Daniel Bourke
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1948 – 13 April 1952
ConstituencyLimerick East
In office
September 1927 – February 1948
ConstituencyLimerick
Personal details
Born1886
County Limerick, Ireland
Died13 April 1952(1952-04-13) (aged 65–66)
County Limerick, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil

Daniel Bourke (1886 – 13 April 1952) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A wagon builder before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) at the September 1927 general election for the Limerick constituency.[1] He was re-elected at every subsequent general election up to 1951, and from 1948 for the Limerick East constituency. He died in 1952 during the 14th Dáil, a by-election was held on 26 June 1952 which was won by John Carew of Fine Gael.[2]

He was Mayor of Limerick from 1936 until 1941.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Daniel Bourke". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Daniel Bourke". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Limerick Leader, 27 November 1965" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2019.