O'Keefe, John
Personal
Birth Date:
11 January 1880 (Gin Gin, Queensland)
Death Date:
27 January 1942 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Joseph O'Keefe and Agnes (nee Porteous)
Family:
Lydia Adelaide Dorgan in Irvinebank, 1 son, 1 daughter
Education:
Gin Gin
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Career
Director, Official Irvinebank Australia; Owner, Australian Hotel Irvinebank; Tin miner, Irvinebank, 1906 to 1914; Sheep and cattle drover in Western Queensland, 1901 to 1905; Worked on North Queensland cattle station, 1895 to 1900; Labourer, Brisbane, 1893
Local Government Service:
Chairman, Walsh Shire Council
Party Positions:
- Member, Australian Labor Party, since 1906.
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Chillagoe | 16 Jan 1926 | 11 May 1929 | Defeated |
Assembly | ALP | Cairns | 10 May 1930 | 27 Jan 1942 | Died in office |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Secretary for Mines | 8 Dec 1941 | 27 Jan 1942 |
Attorney-General | 14 Nov 1940 | 8 Dec 1941 |
Acting Attorney-General | 20 May 1940 | 14 Nov 1940 |
Member, Executive Council (Justice Department) | 20 May 1940 | |
Chairman of Committees | 9 Aug 1939 | 17 May 1940 |
Temporary Chairman of Committees | 1932 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Member, Australian Workers' Union, since 1906; Chairman, Australian Workers' Union, Irvinebank Branch; Chairman, Irvinebank Hospital; Member, Cairns Hospital Board
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 68255; Queensland Parliamentary Debates, Motion of Condolence, Second session of the 29th Parliament, Vol. CLXXIX, 25 Aug 1942, pp. 4-5 (Brisbane, Qld: Government Printer); Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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