John Francis Burke
Canadian dentist and politician
Intro | Canadian dentist and politician | |
Places | Canada | |
was | Politician Dentist | |
Work field | Healthcare Politics | |
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Birth | 8 February 1923, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
Death | 4 August 2006Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada (aged 83 years) | |
Star sign | Aquarius |
John Francis Burke (February 8, 1923 – August 4, 2006) was a Canadian dentist and politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1974. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party.
Burke was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University, earning his D.D.S. degree at the latter in 1947. He was married to Theresa Carmelita MacLean. She died in 2003. He died at Cape Breton Regional Hospital on August 4, 2006.