Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Independent
1904
Liberal until 1917
Nationalist from 1930 to 1945
then Liberal
Independent Liberal
1950
Leader of the Nationalist Party
April 1933–April 1938 |
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27 October 1905 |
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Kalgoorlie |
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Electorates
- MLA Kalgoorlie, 27 October 1905–3 October 1911; Nedlands, 12 April 1930–25 March 1950
- Contested Kalgoorlie, 28 June 1904, Nedlands, 25 March 1950
Office
- Attorney General, 14 May 1906–14 May 1909 (resigned)
- Chief Secretary and Minister for Education, 24 April 1930–21 September 1931 (resigned)
Historical Notes
- Prepared and presented WA case to Commonwealth Disabilities Commission, 1925
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Personal Information |
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30 January 1864 |
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Delville County, Dublin, Ireland |
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24 April 1954 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia. Roman Catholic area, BA section, 0016 grave site. |
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Emigrated to WA 1895 |
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Son of Sir Patrick Joseph Keenan, chief of instruction National Board of Education, and Elizabeth Agnes Quin
Brother-in-law of TP Draper |
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Married 17 February 1900, District Registry Office Perth to Rose Elizabeth Parker (born circa 1873 and died 12 July 1959), daughter of Sir Stephen Henry Parker, politician and Amy Katherine Leake
Children: two sons |
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Catholic |
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Educated Downside School, Somerset
Trinity College, Dublin
King’s Inn, Dublin, 1890
Middle Temple, London
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Lawyer |
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Barrister in England and Ireland
Practised law in Kalgoorlie, acted for many British investors |
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Mayor of Kalgoorlie, 1901–1905 |
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King’s Counsel (KC) 1908; Knight (Kt) (1948) |
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After election to Parliament lived and practised in Perth
Vice-president, Chamber of Mines
Member, Senate, University of Western Australia, 1912–1918
Keen yachtsman and many years president, Perth Flying Squadron
Member, Nedlands Cricket Club |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 110.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 5 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=6054840c-691d-ec11-b6e7-00224814cbaf |
| Bibliography |
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G. C. Bolton, 'Keenan, Sir Norbert Michael (1864–1954)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/keenan-sir-norbert-michael-6908/text11961, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 22 December 2015.
R Erickson, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
West Australian, 14, 15, 17 May 1909, 14 April 1930, 26 April 1954.
Western Argus, 26 September 1905. |