Greg Kehoe

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| name = Greg Kehoe

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| image = Gregory Brian Kehoe, during World War II service, circa 1940s.jpg

| caption = Gregory Brian Kehoe, during World War II service, circa 1940s

| constituency_AM1 = Nash

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 7 March 1953

| term_end1 = 3 August 1957

| predecessor1 = Thomas Dunstan

| successor1 = Max Hodges

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|5|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Warwick, Queensland, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|2|18|1917|5|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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| nationality = Australian

| spouse = Cecily Agnes White

| party = Labor

| otherparty = Queensland Labor Party

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| occupation = Magistrate, Solicitor

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Gregory Brian Kehoe (1 May 1917–18 February 2005) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Kehoe was born on 1 May 1917 at Warwick, Queensland, the son of Stephen Kehoe and his wife Teresa Mary (née Flynn). He attended school at St Patrick's Convent, Christian Brothers College, Gympie and then attended the Teachers' Training College, Brisbane.

He lived in Gympie where he worked as a stipendiary magistrate. He served in World War II in the 42nd Battalion in the Salamaua–Lae campaign in New Guinea from 1941 to 1945.{{cite web |title=Kehoe, Mr Gregory Brian |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=607 |work=Re-Member Database |publisher=Queensland Parliament |accessdate=21 February 2014 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065814/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=607 |url-status=live }}

Personal life

He married Cecily Agnes White on 5 June 1948; the couple had 2 sons. He was a member of the Gympie Hospital Board, the vice-president of the Gympie branch of the Australian Labor Party and the president of the Gympie State Service Union.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50544676 |title=NEW COMERS TO HOUSE |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=9 March 1953 |accessdate=21 February 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215185003/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50544676 |url-status=live }} He was a Roman Catholic.{{Cite web |title=Kehoe, Gregory Brian (Brian) |url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Members/Former-Members/Former-Members-Register/Former-Member-Details?id=1755807371 |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=Former Member Details |publisher=Queensland Parliament}}

Politics

At the 1953 election, Kehoe was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the seat of Nash representing the Labor Party. He held the seat of Nash in the 1956 election. On 26 April 1957, he followed Queensland Premier Vince Gair when he broke away from the ALP and formed the Queensland Labor Party (QLP). However, he was defeated at the 1957 election by Allen Hodges, the Australian Country Party candidate.[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2578388542 Kehoe, Mr Gregory Brian (Brian)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702180034/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2578388542 |date=2 July 2018 }} — Government of Queensland. Retrieved 22 January 2015.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=27 April 2020}}

Kehoe moved to Brisbane, living in Hawthorne. In the 1960 election, Kehoe as the QLP candidate contested the seat of Hawthorne in Brisbane against the ALP candidate William Baxter but Baxter won. In the 1963 election, Kehoe contested the seat of South Brisbane for the QLP, but was defeated by the sitting ALP member Col Bennett.