Terry Burke

Terence Joseph "Terry" Burke (born 1 February 1942) is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . He held the seat between 1968 and 1987.

He is the elder brother of former premier Brian Burke with whom he was closely involved in events related to the WA Inc scandals of the 1980s. A royal commission found Terry to have received a $600,000 commission for fundraising campaign donations paid to his brother and the ALP during the 1987 federal election.^[1]

Brian and Terry are sons of former federal shadow cabinet member Tom Burke.

References

↑ Ramsey A, A role in the fall of a Labor mate, SMH, 20 July 2005

WA Inc

Organisations

Business	Bell Group Bond Corporation John Curtin Foundation Fremantle Gas and Coke Company Rothwells

Government	Government Employees Superannuation Board State Energy Commission of Western Australia State Government Insurance Commission City of Stirling Western Australian Development Corporation

People

Politics	Joe Berinson Brian Burke Terry Burke Peter Dowding Julian Grill Bob Hawke Carmen Lawrence Ray O'Connor David Parker Bob Pearce

Business	Warren Anderson Alan Bond Laurie Connell Dallas Dempster Yosse Goldberg Robert Holmes à Court Ernest Lee-Steere Kevin Parry John Roberts

Commentators	Paul Barry Alan Carpenter Geoff Gallop Bob Maumill Patrick O'Brien Paul Murray Trevor Sykes

Royal Commission

Commissioners	Peter Brinsden Geoffrey Kennedy Ronald Wilson

Counsel, etc	Michael Barker Paul Finn Brian Martin Tony Templeman

Property

Authority control	VIAF: 26000537 ISNI: 0000 0000 8015 4341

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