After Don's death in 1968, another son Noel Davern was elected for Tipperary South at the 1969 general election.
Burke stood twice as a candidate for Dáil Éireann, in Tipperary South at the 1961 and 1965 general elections.
At the 1987 general election, he unsuccessfully stood again in Tipperary South, but was afterwards re-elected to the 18th Seanad, again on the Agricultural Panel.
Tipperary South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.
For the purposes of elections to Dáil Éireann, the bulk of the county is part of the constituency of Tipperary South.
It will replace the constituencies of Tipperary North and Tipperary South.
It was created for the 1948 general election when the former Tipperary constituency was divided into Tipperary North and Tipperary South.
Tipperary South may refer to:
She unsuccessfully contested the 2011 general election for Tipperary South, receiving almost 11.0% of the first preference votes.
For elections to Dáil Éireann, the county is part of two constituencies: Waterford and Tipperary South.