Francis Peter Keane (13 January 1863 – 15 May 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to labourer Michael Keane and Catherine Meehan. He left school at the age of twelve to work as a cooper. From 1883 he was a member of the Coopers' Union; he found difficulty with employment due to his union involvement. In 1889 he married Alice Feezee Williams, with whom he had four children. A founding member of the

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branch of the Labor Party in 1902, he spent two years farming at

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in 1910 before returning to

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. From 1913 to 1922 he was a member of Coburg Town Council. In 1924 he was elected to the

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as the Labor member for

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; he transferred to

in 1927. He served until his death in Coburg in 1940.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keane, Frank 1863 births 1940 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from the Colony of Victoria