Full name | Bernard Paul Quinn | ||
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Occupation(s) | Businessman/Director, Member of Parliament | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Loose Forward | ||
Amateur clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | ||
Marist St Pats, Wellington | |||
Provincial/State sides | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1976-1983 | Wellington | ||
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1977-1982 | New Zealand Māori | ||
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club / team | ||
1987 | Texas Rugby Union | ||
Rugby union career |
Bernard "Paul" Quinn is a New Zealand politician and a member of the National Party. He was elected into the 49th New Zealand Parliament in 2008 by way of the party list.[1]
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Mr Quinn has connections to the Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa iwi and worked as a manager in the Department of Maori Affairs (now Te Puni Kōkiri) between 1979 and 1984.[2]
Mr Quinn is director and sole owner of "MOCOM LIMITED"[3] (formerly called "M COMMERCE LIMITED"), was a director of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences from 1992-1998[4] and is a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Mr Quinn played Rugby Union for the Wellington Rugby Football Union 1976-1983 (Captain 1981-1983) and for the New Zealand Māori rugby union team 1977-1982 (Captain 1980-1982). He was the Head Coach for the Texas Rugby Union in 1987. He is a former director of the New Zealand Rugby Union since April 2002.[2]
He also served as chairman of the New Zealand Maori Rugby Board.[5]
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Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
2008–2011 | 49th | List | 48 | National |
In 2010 Quinn's Electoral (Disqualification of Convicted Prisoners) Amendment Bill was drawn from the member's ballot.[6] The bill was declared to be inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.[7] The bill was passed into law in December 2010.[8]