Nationality Australian Role Australian Politician Died May 15, 1988 | Occupation Insurance salesman Party Australian Labor Party Name Jim Keeffe Resigned February 4, 1983 | |
Born 20 August 1919
Atherton, Queensland ( 1919-08-20 ) Books The Environmental Conditions of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and the Preservation of Their Sacred Sites: Second Progress Report | ||
Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
James Bernard Keeffe (20 August 1919 – 15 May 1988) was an Australian politician. Born in Atherton, Queensland, he was educated at state schools before becoming a farm labourer and forestry worker. After serving in the military 1942-1945, he became an insurance and real-estate salesman and was state secretary of the Coopers' Union. He served as secretary of the Queensland Labor Party 1960-1965 and Federal President 1962-1970. In 1964, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland, taking his seat in 1965. He remained a Senator until his retirement in 1983. Keeffe died in 1988.
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