Frank O'Keefe

For the Australian footballer, see Frank O'Keefe (footballer).
Frank O'Keefe
AM
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Paterson
In office
25 October 1969  26 October 1984
Preceded by Allen Fairhall
Succeeded by Division abolished
Personal details
Born (1912-10-06)6 October 1912
Gunnedah, New South Wales
Died 21 April 1989(1989-04-21) (aged 76)
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Country Party
Occupation Farm machinery and oil merchant

Frank Lionel O'Keefe, AM (6 October 1912 – 21 April 1989) was an Australian politician. Born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, he attended state schools before becoming a farm machinery distributor and oil merchant. He was mayor of Gunnedah Shire Council for 18 years, and also served on Namoi Valley County Council. In 1961 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Liverpool Plains, representing the Country Party; he transferred to Upper Hunter in 1962, which he held until 1969.[1] In that year he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the member for Paterson. He held the seat until its abolition in 1984, at which time he retired. O'Keefe died in 1989.[2]

References

  1. "Mr Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912–1989)". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  2. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
Roger Nott
Member for Liverpool Plains
1961–1962
Succeeded by
Abolished
Preceded by
Leon Punch
Member for Upper Hunter
1962–1969
Succeeded by
Col Fisher
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Allen Fairhall
Member for Paterson
1969–1984
Succeeded by
seat abolished


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.