James O'Keeffe - Wikipedia

James Joseph O'Keeffe (1912 – 20 May 1986) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.^[1] A merchant and company director, he was a member of the Seanad from 1956 to 1961. During this period he also stood unsuccessfully for Dáil Éireann in the Dublin South-West constituency at the 1951 and 1957 general elections. He succeeded at the third attempt in being elected for Dublin South-West in 1961.^[2] However he lost his seat at the 1965 general election despite increasing his vote. He stood again in 1969 and 1977 in the newly created Dublin Rathmines West but did not regain his seat.

He was also Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1962 to 1963 and from 1974 to 1975.

References

^ "James O'Keeffe". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
^ "James O'Keeffe". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

Civic offices
Preceded by Robert Briscoe	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1962–1963	Succeeded by Seán Moore
Vacant Position suspended	Lord Mayor of Dublin 1974–1975	Succeeded by Paddy Dunne

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Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad Thomas Mullins (FF)
Administrative Panel	Patrick Connor (FG) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Gerry L'Estrange (FG) John O'Leary (Lab) John L. O'Sullivan (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Patrick Crowe (FG) Paddy Donegan (FG) Daniel Hogan (FF) Robert Lahiffe (FF) William O'Callaghan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) John Donnelly Sheridan (Ind) James Tunney (Lab)
Cultural and Educational Panel	Anthony Barry (FG) Michael Hayes (FG) Eamon Kissane (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) John O'Donovan (FG)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Tadhg Crowley (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Jane Dowdall (FF) Brian Lenihan (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) James O'Keeffe (FG) Joseph Roddy (FG)
Labour Panel	Liam Ahern (FF) Frank Carter (FF) Victor Carton (FG) Harry Colley (FF) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Seán Hayes (FF) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Ben O'Quigley (FG) Frank Purcell (Ind) Eoin Ryan Snr (FF) Joe Sheridan (Ind)
Dublin University	William Fearon (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) George O'Brien (Ind) Patrick Quinlan (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Seán Brady (FF) John Copeland Cole (Ind) Robert Farnan (FF) Seán Moylan (FF) Thomas Mullins (FF) Nora Connolly O'Brien (Ind) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Seán O'Grady (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Laurence Walsh (FF)
Elected or nominated later	1958 Louis Walsh (Ind) 1960 John J. Brennan (FF) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) William J. E. Jessop (Ind) Edward Browne (Ind) Gerard B. Dillon (FF)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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Cathaoirleach Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Leader of the Seanad Michael Hayes (FG)
Administrative Panel	Gerry L'Estrange (FG) James McGee (Ind) John L. O'Sullivan (FG) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF) Louis Walsh (Ind)
Agricultural Panel	Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Patrick Cogan (FF) Bernard Commons (CnaT) John Mannion Snr (FG) James J. McCrea (Lab) William O'Callaghan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) Micheál Prendergast (FG) William Quirke (FF) John Donnelly Sheridan (Ind)
Cultural and Educational Panel	James Crosbie (FG) Michael ffrench-O'Carroll (Ind) Eamon Kissane (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)
Industrial and Commercial Panel	Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) Mary Davidson (Lab) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) John Lynch (FG) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) Matthew Smith (FF)
Labour Panel	Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (FG) Victor Carton (FG) Patrick Crowley (Lab) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Liam Kelly (Ind) Dominick Murphy (Lab) Frank Purcell (Ind) Seán Ruane (Ind) Patrick Tierney (Lab)
Dublin University	William Fearon (Ind) Owen Sheehy-Skeffington (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind)
National University	Henry Barniville (FG) Roger McHugh (Ind) George O'Brien (Ind)
Nominated by the Taoiseach	Patrick Bergin (Lab) Arthur Cox (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Henry Eustace Guinness (Ind) Michael Hayes (FG) James Hickey (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Patrick O'Gorman (FG) James Reidy (FG) James Tunney (Lab)
Elected or nominated later	1954 John Douglas (Ind) 1956 Seamus Bohan (Ind) James O'Keeffe (FG) Joe Sheridan (Ind) William Woods (Ind)
FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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