Background
He was born at Windsor to landowner William McQuade and Amelia Anne Hale.
He was born at Windsor to landowner William McQuade and Amelia Anne Hale.
He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Windsor in an 1880 by-election, but was defeated at the general election later that year. In 1882 he returned to the Assembly as the member for Hawkesbury, but he was defeated again in 1885. McQuade died at Elizabeth Bay in 1893.