Robert Keating was an Irish politician from Cashel in County Tipperary.[1][2]
Biography
He was elected at the 1847 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for County Waterford,[3]as a Repeal Association candidate.[4]The Times newspaper of London reported that at the time of his election he was employed by the Board of Works a rate of 7s/6d per day, claiming that this proved "beyond a shadow of a doubt" that he was unqualified to be an MP.[5]
He did not defend the seat at the 1852 general election, but stood instead as an Irish Whig Party candidate in Waterford City. He won that seat,[1] and held it until 1857, when he did not stand again.[4]
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Keating
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)