John Quick (politician)
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The Honourable Sir John Quick |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bendigo |
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In office 29 March 1901 – 31 May 1913 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | John Arthur |
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14 April 1852 Cornwall, UK |
| Died | 17 June 1932 (aged 80) Camberwell, Melbourne, VIC |
| Nationality | Cornish Australian |
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Protectionist (1901–06) Ind Protectionist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–13) |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Harris |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Sir John Quick (14 April 1852 – 17 June 1932), Australian politician and author, was the federal Member of Parliament for Bendigo from 1901 to 1913 and a leading delegate to the constitutional conventions of the 1890s.
Sir John Quick was born on 22 April 1852 near St Ives in Cornwall, England, the son of John Sr and Mary Quick. The family migrated to Australia in 1854, where John Sr, a farmer, began prospecting at the Bendigo goldfields. However John Quick's father died a few months later.
Quick was educated at a state school in Bendigo and at the age of 10 went to work in an iron foundry [{#because his dad died}] at Long Gully. Quick later worked as an assistant at the Bendigo Evening News, and then as a junior reporter at the Bendigo Independent. Here he gained skills in shorthand writing, and improved his general education.
In 1873, Quick moved to Melbourne and passed the matriculation examination at the University of Melbourne. There he studied law, and with the help of scholarships, completed his course in 1877, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Quick was called to the bar in June 1878, but instead continued as a journalist. Soon later, he became the leading parliamentary reporter at The Age newspaper.
In 1889 Quick stood for election to the Parliament of Victoria, and was elected the Member for Sandhurst in the Legislative Assembly. He was a supporter of the radical liberal leader Sir Graham Berry. At this time, he resigned from The Age and returned to live in Bendigo, where he practised as a solicitor.
In 1882, Quick received a Doctor of Laws degree (LL.D) after an examination. In 1883, he married Catherine Harris. The couple did not have any children together.
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