Patrick Quinn (Australian politician)
Australian politician
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Patrick Edward Quinn (1862 – 2 April 1926) was an 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 by | James Harvey |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1862 Darlinghurst, Sydney |
| Died | 2 April 1926 (aged 63–64) Manly, New South Wales |
| Party | Protectionist Party |
| Spouse | Julia Bourke (1888–1926) |
| Relations | Roderic Quinn (brother, poet) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Profession | Journalist |
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)
