Bud Cullen

Jack Sydney George "Bud" Cullen PC (born April 20, 1927 in Creighton Mine , Ontario ; † July 5, 2005 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was more than 15 years a member of the lower house , several years as a minister 16 years judge of the Federal Court of Canada ( Federal Court of Canada ) was.

Life

After attending school, Cullen graduated from college with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. After completing another law degree at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), he began practicing law . He began his political career in local politics as a member of the school council of Sarnia , of which he was a member until 1957.

In the general election of June 25, 1968 , Cullen was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for the first time as a member of the lower house and represented the constituency of Sarnia until his electoral defeat in the election of May 22, 1979, and since the election of October 30, 1972 the constituency of Sarnia-Lambton . During his parliamentary work, he was chairman or vice-chairman of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs from October 1970 to February 1972.

In October 1971 he also took over his first government office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for National Defense and was then from February to September 1972 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Energy, Mining and Resources. After he was from January 4, 1973 to February 26, 1974 chairman of the House of Commons special committee for the development of food prices, he was between September 1974 and September 1975 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.

On September 26, 1975, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Cullen to the 20th government of Canada for the first time as Minister of National Income . As part of a government reshuffle, he took over the post of Minister for Labor and Immigration on September 14, 1976 before, after a further cabinet reshuffle and restructuring, he was Minister of Employment and Immigration from August 15, 1977 until the end of Trudeau's term on June 3, 1979 .

In the election of February 18, 1980 , Cullen was re-elected a MP in the Sarnia constituency and was a member of the House of Commons for a further legislative period before he waived a renewed candidacy in the House of Commons election on September 4, 1984 . During this time he was from April 14, 1980 to November 30, 1983 chairman of the Standing Committee of Commons on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs.

On July 26, 1984, Cullen was appointed by Prime Minister John Turner as a judge in the Federal Court of Canada . He was a member of the criminal justice department until he retired in August 2000.

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