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
19351938 25th Hawkes Bay Labour
19381943 26th Hawkes Bay Labour
19431946 27th Hawkes Bay Labour
19461949 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.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
Hugh Campbell
Member of Parliament for Hawkes Bay
1935–1946
Succeeded by
Cyril Harker
New constituency Member of Parliament for Hastings
19461949
Succeeded by
Sydney Jones
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