Patrick Quinn (Australian politician)

Patrick Quinn
Quinn in 1898
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Sydney-Bligh
In office
27 July 1898 – 16 July 1904
Preceded byJames Harvey
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born1862
Darlinghurst, Sydney
Died2 April 1926 (aged 63–64)
Manly, New South Wales
Political partyProtectionist Party
SpouseJulia Bourke (1888–1926)
RelationsRoderic Quinn (brother, poet)
Children1 daughter
ProfessionJournalist

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

Born in Darlinghurst to postal officer Edward Quinn and Catherine McCarty (d. August 1900),[1] he attended Marist Brothers School and Fort Street Public School in Sydney.[2] He had two sisters, Nora and Frances, and brother Roderic Joseph.[3]

Quinn began studying law but instead chose journalism as a career and edited a newspaper at Narrabri for twenty years. Later he was involved with the Illustrated Sydney News and The Daily Telegraph.[4] Similar to his poet brother Roderic, Quinn also held an interest in versifying.[4] He contributed lyrics to the cantata Captain Cook, written by John A. Delany.[5] 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,[6] 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 following several weeks illness, leaving a widow and daughter Marjorie.[4][7] He is buried at the Manly cemetery.[8]

Bibliography

Novel

  • The Jewelled Belt: A Detective Story (1896)

Poetry collection

  • Selected Poems edited by Marjorie Quinn (1970)

Short story collection

  • The Australian Story-teller for an Idle Afternoon (1896)

References

  1. ^ "Death of Mrs. Edward Quinn". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LI, no. 3215. New South Wales, Australia. 18 August 1900. p. 12. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "OBITUARY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 533. New South Wales, Australia. 3 April 1926. p. 12. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "OBITUARY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 535. New South Wales, Australia. 6 April 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.
  4. ^ a b c "P. E. Quinn". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LXXVI. New South Wales, Australia. 8 April 1926. p. 19. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.
  5. ^ E. J. Lea-Scarlett (1972). Australian Dictionary of Biography: Delany, John Albert (1852–1907). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ "MR. P. E. QUINN entertained". The Daily Telegraph. No. 6903. New South Wales, Australia. 25 July 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Mr Patrick Edward Quinn". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr P E Quinn". The Daily Telegraph. 5 April 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Sydney-Bligh
1898–1904 		Abolished


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