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Philip Burton
Philip Burton
Senator
	In office; 1 June 1973 – 27 October 1977
Constituency	Administrative Panel
Teachta Dála
	In office; June 1969 – February 1973
Constituency	Cork Mid
	In office; October 1961 – June 1969
Constituency	Cork North-East
Personal details
Born	26 July 1908; Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland
Died	3 January 1995 (aged 86); County Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Relatives	Patrick Guiney (uncle); John Guiney (uncle);

Philip Burton (26 July 1908 – 3 January 1995) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, farmer and auctioneer.

He was born in the townland of Curragh, Kanturk, County Cork, the son of Francis Burton, a farmer, and Anne Guiney.^[1] His maternal uncles were All-for-Ireland League MPs for North Cork Patrick Guiney and John Guiney.

He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-East constituency at the 1961 general election.^[2] He was re-elected at the 1965 and 1969 general elections (for Cork Mid from 1969), but lost his seat at the 1973 general election.^[3] He was subsequently elected to the 13th Seanad on the Administrative Panel. He retired from politics in 1977.

References

^ "General Registrar's Office". IrishGenealogy.ie. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Philip Burton". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
^ "Philip Burton". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 26 November 2008.