About Patrick Joseph O'Kane
Lived 1884 – 1970 (aged 85–86). Patrick Joseph O'Kane was a New Zealand politician.
Patrick Joseph O'Kane (16 March 1884 – 21 March 1970) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 8 September 1941 to 31 December 1950, when the council was abolished.
Biography O'Kane was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, on 16 March 1884, the third son of Thomas Kane, and was educated at St Columba's School in Ballerin. After six years working in the wine and spirit business, he migrated to New Zealand in 1907. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1924, and was president of the Wairoa Farmers' Union from 1937 to 1938. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.
O'Kane died in Hastings on 21 March 1970, having been predeceased by his wife in 1962.
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