Background
He was born in Westbury, Tasmania.
politician Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
He was born in Westbury, Tasmania.
In 1912 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Wilmot. In 1925 he was elected Speaker of the House. O'Keefe was killed in a train crash at Beaconsfield in 1926, an accident that also injured the Premier, Joseph Lyons.
