Denis Burke (Australian politician)

Denis Gabriel Burke is a former Australian politician. A former Australian Army officer, he served as a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1994 to 2005. He spent two years as Chief Minister after succeeding Shane Stone, but oversaw the CLP's defeat at the 2001 election, ending 27 years of continuous CLP government in the Northern Territory. Burke later served as Opposition Leader from 2001 to 2003 before being toppled, but was re-elected as leader in 2005. He subsequently took the party to its largest-ever defeat at the 2005 election, culminating in the shock loss of his own seat.

22 September 1948

Born on the same birth date (22 September 1948): Mark Phillips

Born on the same birth day (22 September): Alexander Potebnja • Anders Lassen • Barthold Heinrich Brockes • Beth Catlin • Bob Sapp • Catherine Oxenberg • Charles Keeping • Katie Lowes • Kim Hyo-yeon • King Sunny Adé • Paul Hoffert • Ségolène Royal • Thiago Silva • Toni Basil • Vince Coleman (baseball)

Born in the same month (September 1948): Caio Fernando Abreu • Don Brewer • Greg Errico • John M. McHugh • John Panozzo • Józef Życiński • Les Chapman • Lynn Abbey • Marc Reisner • Margaret Trudeau • Mark Farner • Mark Phillips • Terry Bradshaw • Theo Jörgensmann • Tom Braidwood • Vladimir Yevtushenkov