P._E._Quinn

Patrick Quinn (Australian politician)

Patrick Quinn (Australian politician)

Australian politician

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

Quick Facts Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Sydney-Bligh, Preceded by ...

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. [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. [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. [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. [4]
    "P. E. Quinn". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LXXVI. New South Wales, Australia. 8 April 1926. p. 19. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.
  5. [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. [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. [7]
    "Mr Patrick Edward Quinn". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Mr P E Quinn". The Daily Telegraph. 5 April 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via Trove.

 

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