semicolons are like commas with dots on top. Mine tend to look more like "j"s rather than this ;
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I wouldn't use a semicolon in a conditional (if) sentence. Semicolons can join two independent clauses without a conjunction. The "if" clause in a conditional sentence is dependent, not independent.
The quotation mark would go before the semicolon, because the semicolon represents the beginning of a new thought in the same sentence.
When a statement is followed by a semicolon, this means that there is going to be another statement following the first statement which is related to it closely enough that it should not become a separate sentence.
That would be a winking smiley face emoticon. ;)
When he told me the news, I was shocked: although I should have guessed.