Background
The son of Joseph Patrick Keough and Mary Ellen King, he was born in Saint John"s and was educated at Saint Patrick"s Hall and Saint Bonaventure"s College.
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William Keough
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Career
He represented Saint George"s-Portuguese au Portuguese in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956 and Saint George"s from 1956 to 1971. He was active in the co-op movement in Newfoundland and was editor of the The Labour Hearlad. In 1942. Keough represented Saint George"s at the Newfoundland National Convention in 1946 and was part of the delegation sent to England to discuss Newfoundland"s future.
He served as Minister of Natural Resources in the interim government led by Joey Smallwood.
He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Fisheries and Cooperatives, then as Minister of Mines and Resources and finally as Minister of Labour.
