Robert McKeown

Robert John McKeown (12 May 1869 – 9 April 1925) was a Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist Party politician.

Born in Coagh, County Tyrone, he was educated privately and was a director of a linen manufacturing company. From 1914 - 1920 he was chairman of the Irish Power Loom Manufacturers' Association and a member of the Flax Control Board during the First World War. In 1920 he was president of the Ulster Reform Club, and chairman of the Ulster Liberal Unionist Association in 1921. 

He was a Stormont MP for North Belfast from 1921 until his death in 1925, and served as Parliamentary Secretary to both the Ministry for Education and Ministry for Commerce during that time.

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Category:Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925
Category:Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
Category:Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)
Category:1869 births
Category:1925 deaths