Quintin O'Connor

Quintin O'Connor
O'Connor at age 31 smoking his pipe
Born31 October 1908
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Died3 November 1958(1958-11-03) (aged 50)
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Occupation(s)Union leader, politician, activist
SpouseLucy Daphne Piper-O'Connor
ChildrenRosalind, Robert, Thomas and Edwin (Anthony)
Parent(s)Virginia and Henry O'Connor

Quintin O'Connor (31 October 1908 – 3 November 1958) was a union leader, activist, and politician in colonial Trinidad and Tobago from the 1930s to the late 1950s. He played an essential role in the institutionalization of unionism in Trinidad and was an early proponent of Trinidadian independence.