Frank O'Keefe
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| birth_name = Frank Lionel O'Keefe
| honorific-suffix = AM
| image = Frank_O'Keefe_1970.png
| constituency_MP = Paterson
| parliament = Australian
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| predecessor = Allen Fairhall
| successor = Division abolished
| term_start = 25 October 1969
| term_end = 26 October 1984
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1912|10|6}}
| birth_place = Gunnedah, New South Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1989|4|21|1912|10|6}}
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| nationality = Australian
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| party = Country Party
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| occupation = Farm machinery and oil merchant
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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.{{cite NSW Parliament |title =Mr Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912–1989) |id=1723 |former=Yes |accessdate=13 May 2019 }} 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.{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-05-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ |archivedate=17 July 2007 }}
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Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Paterson
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Category:Members of the Order of Australia
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Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Category:Australian MPs 1969–1972
Category:Australian MPs 1972–1974
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