Patrick Burke (Clare politician)

{{short description|Irish politician (1879–1945)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Patrick Burke

| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = February 1932

| term_end = 7 February 1945

| constituency = Clare

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fine Gael

| otherparty = Cumann na nGaedheal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|4|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Clare, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|2|7|1879|4|16|df=y}}

| death_place = County Clare, Ireland

}}

Patrick Burke (16 April 1879 – 7 February 1945) was an Irish politician.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-Burke.D.1932-03-09/|title=Patrick Burke|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=2 July 2012}} He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1932 general election as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency. He was re-elected as a Fine Gael TD at the 1937 general election, and served as a TD until his death in 1945.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1689|title=Patrick Burke|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=2 July 2012}}