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

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to postal officer Edward Quinn and Catherine McCarty (d. August 1900), he attended Marist Brothers School and Fort Street Public School in Sydney. He had two sisters, Nora and Frances, and brother Roderic Joseph. Quinn began studying law but instead chose journalism as a career and edited a newspaper at

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for twenty years. Later he was involved with the ''Illustrated Sydney News'' and ''The Daily Telegraph''. Similar to his poet brother

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, Quinn also held an interest in versifying. He contributed lyrics to the cantata ''Captain Cook'', written by John A. Delany. He married Julia Bourke in 1888, with whom he had one daughter. In 1898 he was elected to the

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as the

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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 following several weeks illness, leaving a widow and daughter Marjorie. He is buried at the Manly cemetery.

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

1862 births 1926 deaths Protectionist Party politicians Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian journalists Politicians from Sydney Colony of New South Wales people {{Australia-politician-stub