Matt Keogh

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Matt Keogh
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Burt
Assumed office
2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Preceded bynew seat
Personal details
Born (1981-11-11) 11 November 1981 (age 42)
Armadale, Western Australia
SpouseAnnabel [1]
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame Australia[1]
Websitehttp://mattkeogh.com/

Matthew James "Matt" Keogh (born 11 November 1981) was elected in the 2016 federal election as the first member for the newly-created Division of Burt in the southeastern suburbs of Perth, the capital of Western Australia.[2]

Keogh grew up in Kelmscott and Armadale, both now in the Division of Burt. He studied law at Notre Dame University[1] and worked for a local legal firm. He has since worked as a Federal Prosecutor, commercial litigation lawyer and in dispute resolution. He was the youngest president of the Law Society of Western Australia. Keogh was previously the unsuccessful Labor candidate at the September 2015 Canning federal by-election,[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Matt Keogh". Australian Labor Party. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Burt, WA". Australia Votes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
Parliament of Australia
New seat Member for Burt
2016–present
Incumbent