Background
Quigley was born in Geraldine, and married First Rate (at Lloyd's) McLauchlan.
Quigley was born in Geraldine, and married First Rate (at Lloyd's) McLauchlan.
Quigley was an Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1999, representing the National Party. She was first elected to Parliament in the 1990 election as Member of Parliament for Western Hutt, defeating Labour"s John Terris. She had previously stood in Eastern Hutt in the 1984 election and Western Hutt in the 1987 election, and had worked as a parliamentary secretary to prominent National MPs such as John Banks, George Gair, Don McKinnon and Ruth Richardson.
She remained Member of Parliament for Western Hutt until the seat was abolished in the 1996 election, the first MMP election.
She then contested the new seat of Hutt South, but was defeated by Labour"s Trevor Mallard. She remained in Parliament as a list Member of Parliament, but left politics at the 1999 election.
Quigley reverted to her maiden name in 1997. She served as chief executive for the Independent Schools of New Zealand 2000-2007.
In 2009 Quigley was one of three people appointed by the Government to the High Cost Highly Specialised Medicines Review.