Maurice Francis "Maurie" Keane (21 September 1923 – 12 October 2014) was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Woronora in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1973 to 1988.
Born in Croydon Park in Sydney to Maurice and Desiree Keane, he attended Homebush High School and De La Salle College in Ashfield. After leaving school he became a proof-reader for a printing company in Sydney in 1940, before becoming a salesman in 1941. He enlisted in the AIF in 1942 and was a signalman with the 2nd Australian Corps of Signals. He returned to sales after the war's end in 1945. On 15 December 1951 he married Patricia Lucy Christmas, with whom he had three children.[1]
In 1957, Keane joined the Labor Party; he went on to hold a number of positions within the party, including President of the Sutherland Branch, President of the Hughes Federal Electoral Council, and President of the Sutherland and Woronora State Electoral Councils. In 1962 he was elected to Sutherland Shire Council, and in 1965 became Secretary of the Sydney Water Board.[1]
In 1973, a new state seat, Woronora, was created in the Sutherland area, with a notional Labor majority. Keane was selected as the Labor candidate and won the seat with a 2% margin. He held the seat until 1988,[2] when it was renamed Sutherland and Keane was defeated by Liberal candidate Chris Downy.[3] Subsequent to his defeat, he was executive director of the Aboriginal Land Council (1990–93) and Director of the Mandela Foundation of Australia (1994–95).[1]
maurie, keane, maurice, francis, maurie, keane, september, 1923, october, 2014, australian, politician, labor, member, woronora, south, wales, legislative, assembly, from, 1973, 1988, born, croydon, park, sydney, maurice, desiree, keane, attended, homebush, hi. Maurice Francis Maurie Keane 21 September 1923 12 October 2014 was an Australian politician He was the Labor member for Woronora in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1973 to 1988 Born in Croydon Park in Sydney to Maurice and Desiree Keane he attended Homebush High School and De La Salle College in Ashfield After leaving school he became a proof reader for a printing company in Sydney in 1940 before becoming a salesman in 1941 He enlisted in the AIF in 1942 and was a signalman with the 2nd Australian Corps of Signals He returned to sales after the war s end in 1945 On 15 December 1951 he married Patricia Lucy Christmas with whom he had three children 1 In 1957 Keane joined the Labor Party he went on to hold a number of positions within the party including President of the Sutherland Branch President of the Hughes Federal Electoral Council and President of the Sutherland and Woronora State Electoral Councils In 1962 he was elected to Sutherland Shire Council and in 1965 became Secretary of the Sydney Water Board 1 In 1973 a new state seat Woronora was created in the Sutherland area with a notional Labor majority Keane was selected as the Labor candidate and won the seat with a 2 margin He held the seat until 1988 2 when it was renamed Sutherland and Keane was defeated by Liberal candidate Chris Downy 3 Subsequent to his defeat he was executive director of the Aboriginal Land Council 1990 93 and Director of the Mandela Foundation of Australia 1994 95 1 References edit a b c Mr Maurie Maurice Francis Keane Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 11 May 2019 Green Antony Elections for Woronora New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 23 July 2020 Green Antony 1988 Sutherland New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 23 July 2020 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Preceded byNew seat Member for Woronora1973 1988 Succeeded bySeat abolished Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maurie Keane amp oldid 1066686840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
