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New Zealand politician
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Birth:
15 January 1904
Death:
7 August 1991
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Biography
Introduction
Reginald Alfred Keeling QSO (15 January 1904 – 7 August 1991) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Biography
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1949–1951 | 29th | Gisborne | Labour | |
| 1954–1957 | 31st | Gisborne | Labour | |
| 1957–1960 | 32nd | Gisborne | Labour | |
| 1963 | 33rd | Grey Lynn | Labour | |
He represented the Poverty Bay electorate of Gisborne from 1949 to 1951, when he was defeated by Harry Dudfield of National, and again from 1954 to 1960, when he was again defeated, this time by the National candidate Esme Tombleson.
He then represented the Auckland electorate of Grey Lynn briefly in 1963 from 18 May to 29 October, after the death of Fred Hackett. He stood for North Shore in the 1963 general election but was defeated.
He was Chairman of Committees from 1958 to 1960.
He was awarded a Q.S.O. in 1979.