Felix Patrick Quinn

The Honourable Felix Patrick Quinn
Member of Parliament for Halifax
In office January 1926 – July 1935
Preceded by	Robert Emmett Finn
Succeeded by	Robert Emmett Finn Gordon Benjamin Isnor
Member of the Senate of Canada
In office July 1935 – March 1961
Personal details
Born	(1874-11-02)2 November 1874 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	28 March 1961(1961-03-28) (aged 86)
Political party	Conservative
Profession	industrialist

Felix Patrick Quinn (2 November 1874 – 28 March 1961) was a Canadian industrialist and parliamentarian.

A Conservative, he served three terms in the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of Parliament representing the Nova Scotia electoral district of Halifax.

He was first elected in the Canadian federal election of 1925 and was re-elected in 1926 and 1930.

Quinn was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 20 July 1935 on the recommendation of R.B. Bennett. He represented the senatorial division of Bedford-Halifax until his death at the age of 86.

Electoral record

1930 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Conservative	William Anderson Black	21,611	26.51	-1.82	Y
	Conservative	Felix Patrick Quinn	21,280	26.11	-1.05	Y
	Liberal	Peter R. Jack	19,439	23.85
	Liberal	Edward Joseph Cragg	19,185	23.54
Total valid votes			81,515	100.00
Turnout				≥76.68
Eligible voters			53,154
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		-2.87
Source: Sayers, Anthony (2017). "1930 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 24 December 2024.

1926 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Conservative	William Anderson Black	17,911	28.33	-3.96	Y
	Conservative	Felix Patrick Quinn	17,171	27.16	-3.76	Y
	Liberal	James Layton Ralston	14,139	22.36
	Liberal	John Murphy	14,007	22.15
Total valid votes			63,228	100.00
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		-7.71

1925 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Conservative	William Anderson Black	18,796	32.29		Y
	Conservative	Felix Patrick Quinn	17,996	30.91		Y
	Liberal	Gordon Ross Marshall	10,815	18.58
	Liberal	Robert Emmett Finn	10,609	18.22
Total valid votes			58,216	100.00
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+9.30

External links

• Felix Patrick Quinn – Parliament of Canada biography