Career
He represented Rossland-Trail in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1948 to 1949 as a Company-operative Commonwealth Federation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) member. He came to Canada, settling in Trail, British Columbia. Quinn was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1948 by-election held following the death of James Lockhart Webster.
He was defeated by Alexander Douglas Turnbull when he ran for reelection in 1949.