Ted Cullen
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| 18th Minister of Agriculture | |
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| Prime Minister | Peter Fraser |
| Preceded by | Ben Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Keith Holyoake |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hawkes Bay | |
| In office Template:En dash range | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Cyril Harker |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Havelock North, New Zealand |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Hastings, New Zealand |
| Party | Labour |
Awards | Military Medal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | New Zealand Army |
| Rank | File:New Zealand-Army-OR-6.svg Sergeant |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
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Edward Luttrell Cullen MM (5 September 1895 – 18 February 1963) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a cabinet minister in the First Labour Government.
Biography
Early life
Cullen was born in Havelock North, and educated at Nuhaka Native School and Napier Boys' High School. He joined the NZEF as a Rifleman then Sergeant (No 12356) in World War I, and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
He farmed at Wairoa and became Director of the Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company. In this position he actively assisted returned servicemen and local Māori in becoming farmers.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Political career
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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| 1935–1938 | 25th | Hawkes Bay | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Hawkes Bay | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1943–1946 | 27th | Hawkes Bay | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
| 1946–1949 | 28th | Hastings | Script error: No such module "Political party". | ||
He represented the Hawkes Bay electorate from 1935 to 1946, having stood there unsuccessfully in 1931.[1] In 1946, following an electoral redistribution, he won the Hastings electorate, but was defeated in 1949.[2]
He was Minister of Agriculture from 1946 to 1949 and also Minister of Marketing from 1947 to 1949.[3] He was a self described militarist and supported compulsory military training, an issue to which most Labour members were opposed.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Later life and death
After leaving Parliament he resumed farming and became a business partner of Sir James Wattie, producing many of the fruit and vegetables that were processed at the Wattie's cannery. He was approached several times to return to politics, but he declined.[4]
Cullen died in Hastings on 18 February 1963, aged 67.[4]
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Coalition Certainty". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 120. 17 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilson, Jim (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 191. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scholefield, G. H. (1951) [1908]. Who's Who in New Zealand (5 ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 55.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Obituary - Mr. E. L. Cullen". The Evening Post. 19 February 1963. p. 15.
References
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bassett, Michael; King, Michael (2000). Tomorrow Comes the Song: A Life of Peter Fraser. Auckland: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-029793-6.
