15 Facts About Len Keogh

Leonard Joseph Keogh was an Australian politician.

Len Keogh was a member of the Australian Labor Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1975 and from 1983 to 1987.

Len Keogh represented the Queensland seat of Bowman and later served as president of the Redland Shire Council from 1991 to 1994.

Len Keogh was educated at St Laurence's College, completing his junior certificate in 1947.

Len Keogh worked for Evans Deakin and Company as a structural draftsman, later starting his own concrete company.

Len Keogh joined the ALP in 1949 and served on the state executive from 1968 to 1971.

Len Keogh first stood for parliament in the seat of Moreton at the 1966 election, losing to the incumbent Liberal MP Jim Killen.

Len Keogh won the seat of Bowman for the ALP at the 1969 election, defeating the incumbent Liberal MP Wylie Gibbs.

Len Keogh served on the Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council and on various parliamentary committees during the Whitlam government, before losing his seat in Labor's landslide defeat at the 1975 election.

Len Keogh was defeated again in 1977 and 1980, in the meantime working as a real estate agent.

Len Keogh regained his seat in 1983 and was re-elected in 1984, serving as chair of the House Standing Committee on Procedure from 1985 to 1987.

Len Keogh was a member of the Centre Left faction of the ALP.

Len Keogh disputed the result of the ballot, but the ALP's state appeals committee stated that it could not intervene as no appeal was lodged in time.

Len Keogh subsequently threaten to resign from the party and force a by-election if his preselection was not reinstated.

Len Keogh was elected chairman of the Redland Shire Council in 1991.