James O'Keeffe

{{short description|Irish politician (1912–1986)}}

{{for|the American political activist|James O'Keefe}}

{{distinguish|text=Jim O'Keeffe, Cork South-West politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| image = James J. O'Keefe (cropped).jpg

| caption = O'Keefe in 1963

| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = October 1961

| term_end = April 1965

| constituency = Dublin South-West

| office1 = Senator

| term_start1 = 14 May 1956

| term_end1 = 14 December 1961

| constituency1 = Industrial and Commercial Panel

| office2 = Lord Mayor of Dublin

| term_start2 = 1974

| term_end2 = 1975

| predecessor2 = Frank Cluskey {{small|(1969)}}

| successor2 = Paddy Dunne

| term_start3 = 1962

| term_end3 = 1963

| predecessor3 = Robert Briscoe

| successor3 = Seán Moore

| birth_date = {{birth-date|1912}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|5|20|1912|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fine Gael

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File:JFK, James J. O'Keefe, and Thomas J. Kiernan, BW (cropped).jpg during a visit to the White House in May 1963]]

James Joseph O'Keeffe (1912 – 20 May 1986) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/James-J-O'Keeffe.S.1956-05-14/|title=James O'Keeffe|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=1 October 2012|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103225403/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/James-J-O'Keeffe.S.1956-05-14/|url-status=live}} A merchant and company director, he was a member of the Seanad from 1956 to 1961. During this period he also stood unsuccessfully for Dáil Éireann in the Dublin South-West constituency at the 1951 and 1957 general elections. He succeeded at the third attempt in being elected for Dublin South-West in 1961.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2413|title=James O'Keeffe|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=1 October 2012|archive-date=25 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025406/https://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2413|url-status=live}} However he lost his seat at the 1965 general election despite increasing his vote. He stood again in 1969 and 1977 in the newly created Dublin Rathmines West but did not regain his seat.

He was also Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1962 to 1963, and from 1974 to 1975.{{cite web|url=https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-09/lord-mayors-of-dublin-1665-2021.pdf|title=Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020 |work=Dublin City Council|date=June 2020|access-date=18 November 2023}}