Bud Cullen | |
|---|---|
| Member of theCanadian Parliament forSarnia-Lambton | |
| In office June 25, 1968 – May 22, 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Electoral District created |
| Succeeded by | Bill Campbell |
| Member of theCanadian Parliament forSarnia-Lambton | |
| In office February 18, 1980 – July 26, 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Ken James |
| Minister of National Revenue | |
| In office 1975–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Basford |
| Succeeded by | Monique Bégin |
| Minister of Employment and Immigration | |
| In office 1976–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Ministry Created |
| Succeeded by | Ron Atkey |
| Judge (Trial Division) Federal Court of Canada | |
| In office July 26, 1984 – August 31, 2000 | |
| Appointed by | John Turner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Sydney George Cullen (1927-04-20)April 20, 1927 Creighton Mine, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 5, 2005(2005-07-05) (aged 78) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto,Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Profession | lawyer,politician,judge |
Jack Sydney George "Bud" Cullen,PC (April 20, 1927 – July 5, 2005) was aCanadianFederal Courtjudge and politician.
Born inCreighton Mine, Ontario, Cullen was given the nickname of Bud by his mother when he was a young boy. Later, he legally changed his name to Bud.[1] Cullen went to Creighton Mine Public School, Lansdowne Public School, and Sudbury High School before attending theUniversity of Toronto andOsgoode Hall Law School.[2]
A lawyer practicing inSarnia, Ontario,[1] Cullen was first elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada in the1968 federal election as theLiberalMember of Parliament forSarnia.[3]
In 1971, he becameparliamentary secretary to theMinister of National Defence. He subsequently served as parliamentary secretary to theEnergy Minister (1972) and to theFinance Minister (1974–1975).[3]
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau appointed Cullen to theCabinet asMinister of National Revenue in 1975. Cullen moved to the position of Minister of Manpower and Immigration in 1976, and remained in the position when it was renamedMinister of Employment and Immigration the next year, until the defeat of the Trudeau government in the1979 election.[3]
Cullen lost his Sarniaseat in the 1979 election, but regained it in the subsequent1980 election, but he did not return to Cabinet.[3] Cullen was appointed a judge in the trial division of theFederal Court of Canada byPrime MinisterJohn Turner in July 1984 prior to that year'selection, and he remained on the bench until his retirement in August 2000.[1]
Prior to being elected toSarnia City Council for the first time in the municipal elections of 1985, future Sarnia mayorMike Bradley got his political feet wet working as an executive assistant for MP Cullen. Bradley even made a run at winning Cullen's seat in 1984 and has described him in a number of interviews as a political role model of his.
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bud Cullen | 16,275 | 40.6% | +5.9% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Campbell | 13,986 | 34.9% | -5.1% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wally Krawczyk | 9,809 | 24.4% | -0.9% | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Pedro Villamizar | 52 | 0.1% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,122 | 100.0% | ||||||
Source:Elections Canada
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Campbell | 15,990 | 40.0% | +13.7% | ||||
| Liberal | Bud Cullen | 13,872 | 34.7% | -22.0% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wally Krawczyk | 10,148 | 25.4% | +8.3% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,010 | 100.0% | ||||||
Source:Elections Canada
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bud Cullen | 20,661 | 56.7% | +13.9% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Kowalyshyn | 9,579 | 26.3% | -12.6% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wallace Krawczyk | 6,217 | 17.1% | -1.3% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,457 | 100.0% | ||||||
Source:Elections Canada
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bud Cullen | 16,112 | 42.8% | -2.5% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andy Brandt | 14,647 | 38.9% | -1.1% | ||||
| New Democratic | David Bell | 6,901 | 18.3% | +3.6% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 37,660 | 100.0% | ||||||
Source:Elections Canada
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Bud Cullen | 14,573 | 45.3% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dick Ford | 12,883 | 40.0% | |||||
| New Democratic | Alex Grabove | 4,733 | 14.7% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 32,189 | 100.0% | ||||||
Source:Elections Canada
There is a Jack Cullenfonds atLibrary and Archives Canada.[4]
