Career
Keating was born in Aldershot, England in 1910 and arrived in New Zealand in 1926. Keating represented the Hastings electorate from 1954 to 1960, when he was defeated by National"s Duncan MacIntyre. After politics he became a senior lecturer in industrial relations at Victoria University of Wellington.
Keating also served as a director of the Bank of New Zealand from 1975 to 1987.
He died in 1987.