- Colm Burke
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Colm Burke Senator Incumbent Assumed office
April 2011Constituency Industrial and Commercial Panel Member of the European Parliament In office
19 June 2007 – June 2009Constituency South Personal details Born 17 January 1957
Cork, IrelandNationality Irish Political party Fine Gael Spouse(s) Mary McCaffrey Profession Solicitor Website colmburke.eu Colm Burke (born 17 January 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and member of Seanad Éireann.[1]
He was a member of the European Parliament for the South constituency in Ireland between 2007 and 2009.[2] He was appointed in June 2007 following the re-election of the outgoing MEP Simon Coveney to Dáil Éireann. Following the abolition of the dual mandate, Coveney opted to remain in national politics and resigned from the European Parliament. Burke subsequently sat as a Fine Gael and European People's Party MEP. He served on various European Parliament committees including Committee on Foreign Affairs, Internal Market & Consumer Protection (Substitute), Committee on Fisheries (Substitute Member) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (Substitute Member). Burke lost his seat at the 2009 European Parliament election, with Fine Gael party colleague Seán Kelly taking a seat instead.[3]
Burke was a member of Cork City Council from 1999 to 2007 and served as Lord Mayor of Cork in the 2003–04 term. He was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2011 and is currently Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Health.
References
- ^ "Mr. Colm Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=24&MemberID=2353&ConstID=207. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Colm Burke". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3500. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
- ^ "FG's Sean Kelly takes second seat in Ireland South". Irish Independent. 8 June 2009. http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/politics/fgs-sean-kelly-takes-second-seat-in-ireland-south-1766196.html. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
External links
- Official website
- Colm Burke's page on the Fine Gael website
- European Parliament profile
- List of Lord Mayors of Cork, including Burke
Civic offices Preceded by
John KelleherLord Mayor of Cork
2003Succeeded by
Seán MartinEuropean Parliament Preceded by
Simon CoveneyMember of the European Parliament for South
2007–2009Succeeded by
Seán Kelly« 1999–2004 « Members of the European Parliament for Ireland (2004–2009) » 2009–2014 » Dublin Proinsias De Rossa (LAB / PES) · Mary Lou McDonald (SF / GUE/NGL) · Gay Mitchell (FG / EPP-ED) · Eoin Ryan (FF / UEN)
East Liam Aylward (FF / UEN) · Avril Doyle (FG / EPP-ED) · Mairead McGuinness (FG / EPP-ED)
North-West Marian Harkin (IND / Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE) · Jim Higgins (FG / EPP-ED) · Seán Ó Neachtain (FF / UEN)
South †Simon Coveney (FG / EPP-ED) · Brian Crowley (FF / UEN) · Kathy Sinnott (IND / IND/DEM)
†Substituted by Colm Burke (FG / EPP-ED) on 19 June 2007. « 23rd Seanad « Members of the 24th Seanad Éireann (2011–) Cathaoirleach Paddy Burke (FG) • Leader of the Seanad Maurice Cummins (FG) Administrative Panel Martin Conway (FG) • Mark Daly (FF) • Michael W. D'Arcy (FG) • John Kelly (Lab) • Denis Landy (Lab) • Tom Sheahan (FG) • Diarmuid Wilson (FF)
Agricultural Panel Paul Bradford (FG) • Paddy Burke (FG) • Michael Comiskey (FG) • James Heffernan (Lab) • Paschal Mooney (FF) • Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (SF) • Brian Ó Domhnaill (FF) • Denis O'Donovan (FF) • Susan O'Keeffe (Lab) • Pat O'Neill (FG) • Jim Walsh (FF)
Cultural and Educational Panel Thomas Byrne (FF) • Deirdre Clune (FG) • John Gilroy (Lab) • Michael Mullins (FG) • Labhrás Ó Murchú (FF)
Industrial and Commercial Panel Colm Burke (FG) • Paul Coghlan (FG) • Jimmy Harte (Lab) • Imelda Henry (FG) • Marc MacSharry (FF) • Catherine Noone (FG) • Averil Power (FF) • Kathryn Reilly (SF) • Mary White (FF)
Labour Panel Terry Brennan (FG) • David Cullinane (SF) • Maurice Cummins (FG) • Fidelma Healy Eames (FG) • Cáit Keane (FG) • Terry Leyden (FF) • Marie Moloney (Lab) • Tony Mulcahy (FG) • Darragh O'Brien (FF) • Ned O'Sullivan (FF) • John Whelan (Lab)
National University of Ireland John Crown (Ind) • Rónán Mullen (Ind) • Feargal Quinn (Ind)
University of Dublin Ivana Bacik (Ind) • Sean Barrett (Ind) • David Norris (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach Eamonn Coghlan (Ind) • Jim D'Arcy (FG) • Aideen Hayden (Lab) • Lorraine Higgins (Lab) • Fiach Mac Conghail (Ind) • Martin McAleese (Ind) • Mary Moran (Lab) • Mary Ann O'Brien (Ind) • Marie-Louise O'Donnell (Ind) • Jillian van Turnhout (Ind) • Katherine Zappone (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil • FG: Fine Gael • Lab: Labour Party • SF: Sinn Féin • Ind: Independent Categories:- 1957 births
- Living people
- Fine Gael politicians
- People from County Cork
- Lord Mayors of Cork
- Irish solicitors
- Fine Gael MEPs
- MEPs for the Republic of Ireland 2004–2009
- Members of the 24th Seanad
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