The Honourable
Bud Cullen
PC
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Sarnia-Lambton
In office
June 25, 1968 – May 22, 1979
Preceded byElectoral District created
Succeeded byBill Campbell
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Sarnia-Lambton
In office
February 18, 1980 – July 26, 1984
Preceded byBill Campbell
Succeeded byKen James
Minister of National Revenue
In office
1975–1976
Preceded byRon Basford
Succeeded byMonique Bégin
Minister of Employment and Immigration
In office
1976–1979
Preceded byMinistry Created
Succeeded byRon Atkey
Judge (Trial Division)
Federal Court of Canada
In office
July 26, 1984 – August 31, 2000
Appointed byJohn Turner
Personal details
Born
John Sydney George Cullen

(1927-04-20)April 20, 1927
Creighton Mine, Ontario, Canada
DiedJuly 5, 2005(2005-07-05) (aged 78)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada
Political partyLiberal
Alma materUniversity of Toronto, York University's Osgoode Hall Law School
Professionpolitician, public administrator, entrepreneur

Jack Sydney George "Bud" Cullen, PC (April 20, 1927 – July 5, 2005) was a Canadian Federal Court judge and politician.

Early years

Born in Creighton 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 the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School.[2]

Law and politics

A lawyer practicing in Sarnia, Ontario,[1] Cullen was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Sarnia.[3]

Key figure in government

In 1971, he became parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Defence. He subsequently served as parliamentary secretary to the Energy Minister (1972) and to the Finance Minister (1974–1975).[3]

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Cullen to the Cabinet as Minister 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 renamed Minister of Employment and Immigration the next year, until the defeat of the Trudeau government in the 1979 election.[3]

Final days in politics and the judgeship

Cullen lost his Sarnia seat in the 1979 election, but regained it in the subsequent 1980 election, but he did not return to Cabinet.[3] Cullen was appointed a judge in the trial division of the Federal Court of Canada by Prime Minister John Turner in July 1984 prior to that year's election, and he remained on the bench until his retirement in August 2000.[1]

Connection to Sarnia Mayor Bradley

Prior to being elected to Sarnia City Council for the first time in the municipal elections of 1985, future Sarnia mayor Mike 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.

Federal election results

Sarnia

1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBud Cullen16,27540.6%+5.9%
Progressive ConservativeBill Campbell13,98634.9%-5.1%
New DemocraticWally Krawczyk9,80924.4%-0.9%
Marxist–LeninistPedro Villamizar520.1%
Total valid votes 40,122100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBill Campbell15,99040.0%+13.7%
LiberalBud Cullen13,87234.7%-22.0%
New DemocraticWally Krawczyk10,14825.4%+8.3%
Total valid votes 40,010 100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

Sarnia—Lambton

1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBud Cullen20,66156.7%+13.9%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Kowalyshyn9,57926.3%-12.6%
New DemocraticWallace Krawczyk6,21717.1%-1.3%
Total valid votes 36,457 100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBud Cullen16,11242.8%-2.5%
Progressive ConservativeAndy Brandt14,64738.9%-1.1%
New DemocraticDavid Bell6,90118.3%+3.6%
Total valid votes 37,660 100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

Sarnia

1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalBud Cullen14,57345.3%
Progressive ConservativeDick Ford12,88340.0%
New DemocraticAlex Grabove4,73314.7%
Total valid votes 32,189 100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

Archives

There is a Jack Cullen fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bud Cullen, Politician and Judge: 1927-2005". The Globe and Mail. 2005-07-07. p. S9.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". University of Toronto Press.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bud Cullen – Parliament of Canada biography
  4. ↑ "Finding aid to Jack Cullen fonds, Library and Archives Canada" (PDF).
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