Séamus Bourke

Séamus Aloysius Bourke (also: Burke , Irish Séamus de Burca , born June 14, 1893 , † January 1, 1967 ) was an Irish politician of the Sinn Féin , Cumann na nGaedheal and the Fine Gael .

biography

After attending school, he studied law and worked as a barrister-at-law after completing his studies .

In 1919 he began his national political career as a candidate for the Sinn Féin with the election of MP ( Teachta Dála ) of the House of Commons ( Dáil Éireann ), in which he initially represented the interests of the constituency Tipperary Mid or Tipperary Mid, North and South until 1923 . Most recently he was one of the supporters of this treaty ( Pro-Treaty ) alongside Arthur Griffith within Sinn Féin, which was split due to the Anglo-Irish Treaty .

In 1923 he was elected to the House of Commons for the Cumann na nGaedheal, for which he represented the constituency Tipperary until 1933 . On October 15, 1923, he was appointed Minister of Local Administration and Public Health by William Thomas Cosgrave , but as such was not a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State .

He then became Parliamentary Secretary to the Finance Minister on June 24, 1927 and held this position, with the exception of brief interruptions, until March 9, 1932.

Between 1933 and 1938 he was a member of the House of Commons for the Fine Gael and again represented the constituency of Tipperary . He suffered a defeat in the 1938 general election and retired from politics after leaving the Dáil and another defeat in the 1943 election.

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