[1] He was the third surviving son of Australian-born parents, Philip Tobyn Keon, a lorry driver, and his wife, Jane (née Scott).

[2] Keon's November 1945 election to the electoral district of Richmond in the Victorian Parliament followed a bitter pre-selection contest between supporters of the political machine of John Wren, on one hand, and the "Catholic Social Studies Movement" of B.

[3] Keon won the House of Representatives seat of Yarra at the 1949 federal election, succeeding former Prime Minister James Scullin.

[6] He made four subsequent but unsuccessful attempts to vanquish Cairns at succeeding federal elections.

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