Greg Kehoe Explained

Greg Kehoe
Constituency Am1:Nash
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:7 March 1953
Term End1:3 August 1957
Predecessor1:Thomas Dunstan
Successor1:Max Hodges
Birth Date:1 May 1917
Birth Place:Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Spouse:Cecily Agnes White
Party:Labor
Otherparty:Queensland Labor Party
Occupation:Magistrate, Solicitor

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.[1]

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.[2] He was a Roman Catholic.[3]

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.[4] [5]

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.[5]

Later life

Kehoe died on 18 February 2005 at the Gold Coast, Queensland, aged 87.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kehoe, Mr Gregory Brian . Re-Member Database . . 21 February 2014 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065814/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=607 . live .
  2. News: NEW COMERS TO HOUSE . . Brisbane . 9 March 1953 . 21 February 2014 . 5 . National Library of Australia . 15 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191215185003/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50544676 . live .
  3. Web site: Kehoe, Gregory Brian (Brian) . 2022-07-11 . Former Member Details . Queensland Parliament.
  4. http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2578388542 Kehoe, Mr Gregory Brian (Brian)
  5. 27 April 2020.