| Patrick Quinn | |
| Constituency Mp: | Sydney-Bligh |
| Parliament: | New South Wales |
| Term Start: | 27 July 1898 |
| Term End: | 16 July 1904 |
| Predecessor: | James Harvey |
| Successor: | Seat abolished |
| Birth Date: | 1862 |
| Birth Place: | Darlinghurst, Sydney |
| Death Place: | Manly, New South Wales |
| Party: | Protectionist Party |
| Spouse: | Julia Bourke (1888–1926) |
| Relations: | Roderic Quinn (brother, poet) |
| Children: | 1 daughter |
| Profession: | Journalist |
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. 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.[7] He is buried at the Manly cemetery.[8]