Patrick Quinn (Australian politician)

Patrick Quinn
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Sydney-Bligh
In office
27 July 1898  16 July 1904
Preceded by James Harvey
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Personal details
Born 1862
Darlinghurst, Sydney
Died 2 April 1926 (aged 6364)
Manly, New South Wales
Political party Protectionist Party
Spouse(s) Julia Bourke (1888–1926)
Children 1 daughter

Patrick Edward Quinn (1862 – 2 April 1926) was an Australian politician.

Born in Darlinghurst to postal officer Edward Quinn and Catherine McCarty, he attended Marist Brothers School and Fort Street Public School in Sydney. He began studying law but instead chose journalism as a career and edited a newspaper at Narrabri. He married Julia Bourke in 1888, with whom he had one daughter. In 1898 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Sydney-Bligh, serving until 1904; he was subsequently Deputy Trade Commissioner for New South Wales in the United States from 1912 to 1917. Quinn died at Manly in 1926.[1]

References

  1. "Mr Patrick Edward Quinn (1862–1926)". Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
James Harvey
Member for Sydney-Bligh
1898–1904
Abolished


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