Tom Berkery
Tom Berkery | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 13 June 1997 – 17 September 1997 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
Thomas Berkery (born 1953) is a Fine Gael politician from Nenagh in County Tipperary in Ireland. He is a former local councillor, and was briefly a Senator in 1997.[1]
A farmer, auctioneer, and long-serving member of North Tipperary County Council, Berkery lost his council seat in the 1991 local elections, but was re-elected at the 1999 and 2004 local elections.[2] He lost his seat at the 2009 local elections and stood unsuccessfully at the 2014 local elections.[3]
Berkery was an unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Tipperary North constituency at five general elections: 1981, February 1982, November 1982, 1989 and 1997.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Berkery". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ a b "Tom Berkery". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ "Tipp FM Election Coverage 2014". Tipp FM. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2023.