Henry Francis (later used middle name of Frederick) Keep (27 January 1863 – 26 September 1905) was a Member of the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1894 to 1897.
Henry Francis Keep was born at
Wollaston on 27 January 1863, son of Adam Corrie Keep, a farmer who won prizes as a sheep breeder and was chairman of the Wollaston school board, and Eliza, née Williams.
Around 1890 he emigrated to
Western Australia, establishing himself as a
shipping agent at
Cossack
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
. Around 1893 he moved to
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
where he was agent for the
Adelaide Steamship Company until 1897.
On 26 June 1894, Keep was elected to the
seat of Pilbara in the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly as a supporter of
John Forrest
Sir John Forrest (22 August 1847 – 2 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister i ...
. He held the seat until the election of 17 May 1897, which he did not contest. From around 1897 he was acting
resident magistrate at
Roebourne, and in 1899 he was working as a
stockbroker
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at
Perth. From 1901 to 1902 he was secretary of the Fremantle Club, and thereafter worked as a commission agent in Perth until his death. He died, unmarried, at St. Omer's Hospital in
North Perth on 26 September 1905, and was buried at
Karrakatta Cemetery.
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1863 births
1905 deaths
Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
People from Wollaston, Northamptonshire
Australian stockbrokers
English emigrants to colonial Australia
19th-century Australian politicians
19th-century Australian businesspeople