Edward Andrew John Quinlan AM (born 7 August 1942) is a former

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n politician. He was a Labor Party member of the

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Sq ...

from 1998 to 2006, representing the district of Molonglo. Quinlan was elected at the 1998 election, when Labor was soundly defeated by the Liberal Party under popular Chief Minister

Kate Carnell Anne Katherine Carnell (née Knowlman; born 30 May 1955) is an Australian businesswoman and former Liberal Party politician, who served as the third Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1995 to 2000. Early life and p ...

. He initially hoped to run for the leadership after the subsequent resignation of

Wayne Berry Wayne Bruce Berry (born 14 November 1942), former Australian politician, was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 2008, representing the electorate of Ginninderra (from 1995–2008) for the ...

as leader, but allowed

Jon Stanhope Jonathan Donald Stanhope (born 29 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative Assembl ...

to nominate uncontested when it became clear Stanhope had the numbers. He nevertheless became a senior figure in the party, and when it won government under Stanhope at the 2001 election, he served as

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and Treasurer. He served in these portfolios until March 2006, when he resigned from the Assembly for health reasons. Quinlan is the only former ACT Treasurer who is not also a former Chief Minister.

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Legislative Assembly biographyStanhope Ministry biography
Deputy Chief Ministers of the Australian Capital Territory 1942 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Treasurers of the Australian Capital Territory Members of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian politicians {{Canberra-stub