Ted Cullen

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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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Political career

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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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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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References

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