Edward Luttrell Cullen

The Honourable Edward Luttrell Cullen MM
18th Minister of Agriculture
In office 19 December 1946 – 13 December 1949
Preceded by	Ben Roberts
Succeeded by	Keith Holyoake
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hawkes Bay
In office 1935 – 1946
Preceded by	Hugh Campbell
Succeeded by	Cyril Harker
Personal details
Born	5 September 1895 Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Died	18 February 1963
Political party	Labour
Awards	Military Medal
Military service
Allegiance	New Zealand Army
Rank	Sergeant
Battles/wars	World War I

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 farmed at Wairoa. He joined the NZEF as a Rifleman then Sergeant (No 12356) in World War I, and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery.^[1]

Political career

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1935–1938	25th	Hawkes Bay		Labour
1938–1943	26th	Hawkes Bay		Labour
1943–1946	27th	Hawkes Bay		Labour
1946–1949	28th	Hastings		Labour

He represented the Hawkes Bay electorate from 1935 to 1946, having stood there unsuccessfully in 1931.^[2] In 1946 he won the Hastings electorate, but was unsuccessful in 1949.^[3]

He was Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Marketing from 1947 to 1949.^[4]

References

1. Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 279. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.
2. "A Coalition Certainty". The Evening Post CXII (120). 17 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
3. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 191. OCLC 154283103.
4. Scholefield, G. H. (1951) [1908]. Who’s Who in New Zealand (5 ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 55.