Editing Tim Quinn (section)

{{short description|Australian politician from Queensland}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix    = 
|name        = Tim Quinn
|image       =
|caption     =	
|birth_name  = Kieron Owen Timothy Quinn
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|7|26}}
|birth_place = [[Ipswich, Queensland]], Australia
|nationality = Australian
|order       = 14th [[Lord Mayor of Brisbane]]
|term_start  = 30 May 2003
|term_end    = 27 March 2004
|deputy      = 
|predecessor = [[Jim Soorley]]
|successor   = [[Campbell Newman]]
|spouse      =

|office3     = Deputy [[Lord Mayor of Brisbane]]
|leader3     = [[Jim Soorley]]
|term_start3 = 1 May 1997
|term_end3   = 30 May 2003
|successor3  =

|office4 = [[Brisbane City Council]]lor for <br> [[Dutton Park, Queensland|Dutton Park]] [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|Ward]]
|term_start4 = 1985
|term_end4 = 30 May 2003
|predecessor4 = 
|successor4 = Helen Abrahams

|ward       = 
|party       = [[Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)|Labor]]
}}
'''Kieron Owen Timothy Quinn''' (born 26 July 1949) is a former [[Australia]]n [[politician]].

Quinn was a teacher who entered local politics in 1985 as the alderman for The Gabba ward at an election the Harvey Labor administration lost. He served in opposition for two terms before rising to civic cabinet in the 1991 Soorley Labor election victory, with Labor achieving an 18% swing against incumbent Lord Mayor Liberal [[Sallyanne Atkinson]].

Quinn took the reins in Civic Cabinet of Development and Planning and continued in this role for the next 12 years, playing an important role during this period of dramatic transformation in Brisbane. Urban Renewal of the inner city commenced, Local Area Plans were established in conjunction with character housing protection provision to retain Brisbane's distinctive "tin and timber' character. Ugly "six pack" units were banned with design guidelines overhauled and Suburban Centre Improvement Schemes were also commenced in 1996 to revitalise traditional local shopping strips and are now widespread throughout the city.<ref name="SN2000-03-30">{{cite news |date = 30 March 2000 |title = Labor romps home |work = Southern News |location = Brisbane, Australia |page = 1 }}</ref>

Quinn became [[Lord Mayor of Brisbane]] following Lord Mayor [[Jim Soorley]]'s retirement from politics in 2003 after serving as deputy mayor since 1997.<ref name="Heywood2003-05-31">{{cite news |last = Heywood |first = Lachlan |date = 31 May 2003 |title = Quinn quick to assert himself |work = [[The Courier-Mail]] |location = Brisbane, Australia |page = 12 }}</ref><ref name="Heywood">{{cite news |last1 = Heywood |first1 = Lachlan |last2 = Parnell |first2 = Sean |date = 19 February 2003 |title = Secret deal anoints Soorley's successor |work = [[The Courier-Mail]] |location = Brisbane, Australia |page = 1 }}</ref>

Quinn, part of the [[Socialist Left (Australia)|left]] wing [[political faction|faction]] of the [[Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)|Labor Party]], was subsequently defeated by [[Campbell Newman]] in March 2004.<ref name="Corkill2003-02-22">{{cite news |last = Corkill |first = Michael |date = 22 February 2003 |title = City hall's backroom bartering |work = [[The Gold Coast Bulletin]] |page = 70 }}</ref><ref name="WynnumHerald2004-04-07">{{cite news |date = 7 April 2004 |title = The Mayor's moving on |work = [[Wynnum Herald]] |location = Brisbane, Australia | page = 9 }}</ref>