Joseph Cullen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph Cullen

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1849

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1917

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Joseph Cullen

  • Joseph Francis Cullen (1 February 1849 – 31 March 1917), Australian politician, was a Member of Parliament in New South Wales and Western Australia. Born in Jamberoo, New South Wales around 1849, Joseph Cullen was the son of farmer John Cullen and Rebecca Clinton.
  • One of his brothers, William Cullen, would become Chief Justice of New South Wales.
  • Joseph Cullen was educated at state schools before attending Camden College in Sydney.
  • On 18 April 1878 he married Annie Butler, with whom he would have one son and two daughters. Cullen became congregational minister for Windsor, North Sydney, North Willoughby and Watson's Bay.
  • He resigned in 1886, and shortly afterwards purchased and edited a North Sydney newspaper.
  • In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of St Leonards on a Free Trade ticket.
  • He held the seat until the election of 1894, when he won the seat of Willoughby.
  • The following year he lost Willoughby in an election. In 1904, Cullen emigrated to Western Australia, spending two years on the Eastern Goldfields.
  • Settling at Katanning, he was owner and editor of the Great Southern Herald from 1906.
  • On 4 October 1909, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in a by-election for the South-East Province.
  • He held the seat until his death at Katanning on 31 March 1917.

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