Herbert Keck
Herbert Keck (28 January 1859 – 8 June 1937) was an Australian politician.
Keck was born in Sandhurst to grocer William Keck and Eliza Collcutt.[1] He worked as a mason before purchasing land at Kennington, becoming a nurseryman and orchardist. He also owned land at Barham, Cohuna and Elmore. On 16 May 1882 he married Ann Pattinson, with whom he had eight children; he had two later marriages, one, on 29 June 1906, to Ada Pattinson, and one, on 2 December 1933, to Margaret June Ireland.[1] He served on Strathfieldsaye Shire Council from 1898 to 1937 and was president five times (1903–04, 1912–13, 1918–19, 1927–28, 1936–37).[1] In October 1921 he won a by-election for Bendigo Province in the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Nationalist Party.[2] He served in the Council until his death in Bendigo in June 1937.[2]
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