Michael Quinn
Deceased Person
1900 – 1965
Who was Michael Quinn?
Michael Thomas Leslie Quinn was an Australian politician.
Born in Homebush to Irish migrants Michael Quinn and Maria Gannon, he attended Christian Brothers College in Burwood, becoming a shop assistant. On 15 April 1932 he married Rita Munro, with whom he would have eight children. He began farming at Boomi, becoming a Boomi Shire Councillor from 1941 to 1959 and Chairman of the Moree District Local Government Committee. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1960 but immediately resigned from the party to join the Independent Labor Group, which opposed the official party policy of abolition of the Legislative Council. Quinn retired from farming in 1963 and died in Gosford in 1965.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Michael Quinn." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/biography/michael-quinn/m/0h7p0w0>.
Discuss this Michael Quinn biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In