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Felix Patrick Quinn

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Felix Patrick Quinn
Member of Parliament
for Halifax
In office
January 1926 – July 1935
Preceded byRobert Emmett Finn
Succeeded byRobert 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
Died28 March 1961(1961-03-28) (aged 86)
Political partyConservative
Professionindustrialist

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.