Séamus Burke

Séamus Burke
Séamus Burke
Parliamentary Secretary
1927–1932	Finance
Minister for Local Government and Public Health
	In office; 2 June 1924 – 23 June 1927
President	W. T. Cosgrave
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Richard Mulcahy
Teachta Dála
	In office; August 1923 – June 1938
Constituency	Tipperary
	In office; May 1921 – August 1923
Constituency	Tipperary Mid, North and South
	In office; December 1918 – May 1921
Constituency	Tipperary Mid
Personal details
Born	James Aloysius Burke; 15 June 1893; Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	10 June 1967 (aged 73); Farnham, Surrey, England
Political party	Fine Gael; Cumann na nGaedheal;
Spouse	Zenaide Bashkiroff (m. 1929)
Children	1
Education	Clongowes Wood College
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin; King's Inns;

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]

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

Coat of arms of Séamus Burke
	Notes Granted 8 May 1923 by 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

^ "Séamus Bourke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
^ "Séamus Burke". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b Dempsey, Pauric J. "Burke (Bourke), James Aloysius". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 92. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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