Betty Bourke CBE QSM JP (née Lucas, 23 July 1924 – 7 December 2015) was a New Zealand local-body politician and health administrator.
In 1969, she became the representative for Patea on the Wanganui Hospital Board, becoming chair in 1980.
She was prominent in the establishment of the Wanganui Regional Hospice Service in 1981.
[2] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to health administration and the community, in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours.
[4] Active in the Roman Catholic church, Bourke was appointed a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 1998.