Mr Theophilus William John KEAST (1872 - 1938)**

Date of Birth: 06/06/1872 Place of Birth: Creswick, Victoria Date of Death: 16/09/1938 Place of Death: Parkes, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) Member for Ashburnham 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) 29th (1930 - 1932)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). First secretary of Parkes League.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1913

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Farmer. Arrived in Parkes at an early age with parents; engine driver on quartz crushing batteries and water main construction; lost an eye in accident; established a bakery in 1903; sold out in 1910 and established a bakery in Bogan Gate; engaged in stock and station agency as Kearney and Keast and on own account from 1914 until 1918; farmer at Bogan Gate, Trundle and Parkes, executive member of Hospital Association of New South Wales; chairman of Parkes District Hospital Board; Good Templar; Sunday School teacher.

Local Government Activity

Alderman at Parkes from 1925 until 1931, 1933 until 1938, Mayor from 1929 until 1930; member of Local Government Association.

Personal

Son of Robert Keast, carter, and Mary Jane Gregg. Unmarried. Methodist. Funeral at Parkes cemetery from Methodist church.

Additional Information

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