Bernard Durkan
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Bernard Durkan TD |
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| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Kildare North |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office November 1982 – June 1997 |
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In office June 1981 – February 1982 |
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| Constituency | Kildare |
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In office 14 May 1982 – 23 November 1982 |
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| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Personal details | |
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Bernard James Durkan 26 March 1945 Swinford, Mayo, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Hilary Spence |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Bernard J. Durkan (born 26 March 1945) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency, upon being elected at the 1981 general election. He served as a Senator on the Agricultural Panel from May 1982 to November 1982.
He was born in Killasser, Swinford, County Mayo, and educated at St. John's, Carramore, County Mayo.
He was elected to Kildare County Council in 1976 and was a member until 1994, serving as chairman from 1986 to 1987. He was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Kildare constituency at the 1981 general election, but lost his seat at the February 1982 general election following the defeat of the Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition. He was then elected as a member of the 16th Seanad by the Agricultural Panel.
Durkan regained his Dáil seat at the November 1982 general election, and was re-elected at the 1987, 1989, and 1992 general elections. When the Kildare constituency was divided, he was elected at the 1997 general election for the new constituency of Kildare North, and retained his seat at the 2002 and 2007 general elections. He also topped the poll in the 2011 general election.
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