Maurice Francis "Maurie" Keane (21 September 1923 – 12 October 2014) was an Australian politician. He was the

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member for

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in the

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from 1973 to 1988. Born in Croydon Park in

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to Maurice and Desiree Keane, he attended

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High School and De La Salle College in Ashfield. After leaving school he became a proof-reader for a printing company in Sydney in 1940, before becoming a salesman in 1941. He enlisted in the

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in 1942 and was a

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with the 2nd Australian Corps of Signals. He returned to sales after the war's end in 1945. On 15 December 1951 he married Patricia Lucy Christmas, with whom he had three children. In 1957, Keane joined the Labor Party; he went on to hold a number of positions within the party, including President of the

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Branch, President of the Hughes Federal Electoral Council, and President of the

and

State Electoral Councils. In 1962 he was elected to

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, and in 1965 became Secretary of the Sydney Water Board. In 1973, a new state seat, Woronora, was created in the Sutherland area, with a notional Labor majority. Keane was selected as the Labor candidate and won the seat with a 2% margin. He held the seat until 1988, when it was renamed

and Keane was defeated by

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candidate

Chris Downy Christopher John Downy (born 29 March 1955) is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal Party member for Sutherland in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1997, and Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing from 1993 ...

. Subsequent to his defeat, he was executive director of the Aboriginal Land Council (1990–93) and Director of the Mandela Foundation of Australia (1994–95).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keane, Maurie 1923 births 2014 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers