Patrick "Paddy" Burke (born 15 January 1955) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and is a member of Seanad Éireann since February 1993.Burke was a member of Mayo County Council from 1979 until the abolition of the dual mandate in 2003. He was first elected to the Oireachtas in the 1993 election to the 20th Seanad by the Agricultural Panel, which also returned him to the 21st Seanad in 1997 and to the 22nd Seanad in 2002.