William Joseph Keough (October 30, 1913 – March 3, 1971) was a labour organizer, journalist and politician in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. He represented St. George's-Port au Port in the

Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. Jo ...

from 1949 to 1956 and St. George's from 1956 to 1971. The son of Joseph Patrick Keough and Mary Ellen King, he was born in St. John's and was educated at St. Patrick's Hall and

Saint Bonaventure's College St. Bonaventure's College (commonly called St. Bon's) is an independent kindergarten to grade 12 Catholic School in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located in the St. John's Ecclesiastical District, adjacent to the Roman Cat ...

. He was active in the

co-op A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...

movement in Newfoundland and was editor of ''The Labour Hearlad''. In 1942. he married Gertrude Clara O'Brien; the couple had three children. Keough represented St. George's at the

Newfoundland National Convention The Newfoundland National Convention of 1946 to 1948 was a forum established to decide the constitutional future of Newfoundland. Nominations On 11 December 1945 the British Government announced that there would be an election to a national c ...

in 1946 and was part of the delegation sent to England to discuss Newfoundland's future. He served as Minister of Natural Resources in the interim government led by

Joey Smallwood Joseph Roberts Smallwood (December 24, 1900 – December 17, 1991) was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of ...

. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1949 and served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Fisheries and Cooperatives, then as Minister of Mines and Resources and finally as Minister of Labour.

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* 1913 births 1971 deaths Newfoundland National Convention members Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs {{Newfoundland-politician-stub