Jack Harte | |
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Senator | |
In office 1 June 1973 – 17 February 1993 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | (1920-12-10)10 December 1920 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 9 March 2015(2015-03-09) (aged 94) Dublin, Ireland |
Political party | Labour Party |
Spouse | Myra Harte |
Children | 4 |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Royal Irish Fusiliers |
Battles/wars | World War II |
John Harte (10 December 1920 – 9 March 2015) was an IrishLabour PartySenator[1] who served for seven terms in the Seanad.[2]
Harte born inDublin in 1920. DuringWorld War II he served with theBritish Army in the second battalion of theRoyal Irish Fusiliers inMalta and theMiddle East. He published his memoirs of the Second World War,To the Limits of Endurance: One Irishman's War. After the war, he worked forGuinness and became atrade union official.[3]
He was first elected to the13th Seanad in the 1973 Seanad elections, on theLabour Panel. He was re-elected six times until his retirement at the 1992 elections.
In 2015, he died at the age of 94.[4]