Luke Belton

Luke Belton
Senator
In office 13 May 1982 – 25 April 1987
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Teachta Dála
In office June 1977 – June 1981
Constituency	Dublin Finglas
In office April 1965 – June 1977
Constituency	Dublin North-Central
Personal details
Born	(1918-08-09)9 August 1918 County Longford, Ireland
Died	18 June 2006(2006-06-18) (aged 87) County Longford, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Relatives	Patrick Belton (uncle)

Luke Belton (9 August 1918 – 18 June 2006) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.^[1]

A publican from Rathcline, County Longford, he unsuccessfully contested the 1961 general election and was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-Central constituency at the 1965 general election.^[2] He continued to be re-elected for the constituency (renamed Dublin Finglas in 1977) until losing his seat at the 1981 general election when he stood in the Dublin Central constituency. He was again unsuccessful at the February 1982 election and the 1987 general election and then retired from politics.

He was defeated in the Seanad election of 1981, but was elected to the Administrative Panel of the 16th Seanad in early 1982, and re-elected to serve in the 17th Seanad from 1983 to 1987.

He died in 2006, aged 87.^[3]

A number of other Belton family members have also served in the Oireachtas

References

1. "Luke Belton". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
2. "Luke Belton". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
3. "Two former TDs turned publicans die". Irish Examiner. 20 June 2006.