Michael O'Keeffe (Queensland politician)

Michael O'Keeffe (1854 – 30 August 1941) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He was educated in Cashel and arrived in Queensland where he selected land in the Lockyer region ad became a successful farmer and grazier.

[2] On 10 July 1872 O'Keeffe married Elizabeth Ryan[1] (died 1922)[3] and together had four sons and six daughters.

O'Keeffe first entered politics as a councilor for the Laidley Divisional Board before unsuccessfully challenging William Drayton Armstrong for the seat of Lockyer in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1902 Queensland state election.

He was also a Director of the Booval Co-operative Dairy Company, and a member of the Laidley Agricultural Society.